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."

Vanguard team steamrolled Magnolia's soldiers at every turn. But halfway through, Magnolia started to play dirty, disregarding the rules and

their hidden blades, and before he could recover, the same opponent took a shot at him. Leo twisted just in time, so the bullet missed anything vital, but

scene unfold on the

his side, firing a shot that struck

and managed to

to shove Hastings away.

leave. For the first time, he was staring the possibility of a teammate's death

real danger, and any mistake could mean someone wouldn't make it out

looked at Leo and spoke with quiet conviction. "You're injured. If you run into

at him, pain etched into his face.

us down? Did you forget what the instructor said? We're a team. We stick

the medicine Citrine had

and dug out a small bottle of painkillers and

care of this, you could lose your arm. Hold on—I'm getting that bullet

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