The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 340

Chapter 342

A flicker of disappointment crossed Hastings' eyes as he heard her refusal. He hesitated, then finally said, "They say this field exercise is live-fire. Who knows if I'll make it back. Here, I want you to have this."

Citrine pressed her lips together, hesitating for a moment before finally sitting down again. She let Hastings fasten the necklace around her neck.

What Hastings didn't know was that, the moment he left, Citrine immediately took off the necklace and slipped it into her pocket.

The next day, the joint field exercise between Vermillion Vanguard and Magnolia officially began.

As an instructor, Citrine was seated in the very center of the operations room, surrounded by Vermillion Vanguard's trainers and officers, all watching the live

feed.

Someone nearby couldn't help but whisper, "General, do you think our guys have a shot at winning this?"

Citrine glanced at him and replied simply, "Yes."

first, the Vermillion Vanguard team steamrolled Magnolia's soldiers at every turn. But halfway through, Magnolia

took a shot at him. Leo twisted just in time, so the bullet missed anything vital, but

the screen. Silently, she prayed that Leo would be

a shot

enemy fell, Hastings grabbed Leo and managed to drag him to safety, ducking

teeth and tried to shove Hastings away. "Go,"

was staring the

any exercise before-real bullets, real danger,

at Leo and spoke with quiet conviction. "You're injured. If you run into more of them,

looked back at him, pain etched into his face. "If

voice, "Slow us down? Did you forget what

medicine Citrine

a small bottle of painkillers and some clotting

in there. If we don't take care of this, you could lose

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