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CHAPTER 10: BEHIND THE LIES

Author: PrinceNova
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-08 17:03:57
“You were at his place?” Asher asked.

Jaden’s throat bobbed as he swallowed, panic creeping into his voice. “I wouldn’t try anything to kill him.”

“See, Jaden,” Asher murmured, his fingers flexing at his sides as he stepped in close, “why were you there that night?”

But Jaden said nothing, his head bowed.

One of the men lashed out, gripping Jaden’s jaw and forcing his battered face upward.

“I told you,” Jaden whispered, his breath shaking, “he never gave me a chance to get close to him that night.”

At the snap of Asher’s fingers, a man walked in carrying a metal briefcase. The case clicked open the moment he reached them, revealing surgical scalpels, forceps, retractors, suturing needles, sterile gloves, and a sealed organ preservation container nestled beside labeled specimen bags.

“You’re going to talk,” Asher’s voice dropped, cold and measured, his eyes never leaving Jaden’s face. “Or you’ll leave here in pieces.”

The man holding Jaden’s jaw tightened his grip, finge
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