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Intimidated by the sinister aura and killing intent radiating from Briar, Brody swallowed hard.
Briar’s entire demeanor had changed.
It was terrifying.
But it was unclear whether Brody’s gulp was too loud or if Briar’s hearing was just too sharp.
The next second, Briar’s murderous gaze slowly shifted from the jars on the wall to Brody.
She looked at him and uttered the most chilling words, one by one.
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She said, “Brody, ever since the hitmen you hired started hunting me at the age of five, I have learned 108 methods of torture.”
Brody was shocked.
“I am proficient in every one of them.” Briar moved closer to Brody and asked with a smile, “Which one would you like to experience first?”
She felt that death by a thousand cuts alone was too lenient for Brody and the rest of the Lopez family.
With so many forms of torture in the world, it would be a waste of her years of diligent practice not to make them experience each one.
“No! I don’t want to…” Brody shook his head frantically. No one would want to experience that.
Briar grabbed him, dragged him inside, and pressed his head against a bottle containing her mother’s eyeballs.
Briar asked, “Why not? Did you ask my mother if she wanted her eyeballs gouged out?”
Then she dragged him to a nearby jar containing ears and questioned furiously, “Did you ask my mother if it hurt when you cut off her ears?”
She dragged him to the jar of fingers, then to the skull with no eyes, no nose, and no ears…
Finally, she shoved Brody down before the skeletal remains of Rosalia–her ribs, shins, pelvis, and other
bones…
Brody was trembling all over, his legs too weak to stand.
Terrified by Briar’s manic and relentless questioning, he was too scared to even speak.
As the questioning continued, Briar’s voice grew colder and softer until she finally shoved the gun barrel into Brody’s mouth.
She sneered, “What the hell are you crying for? My mother didn’t cry when you tore her flesh from her bones,
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drained her blood until she was a husk, and dismantled her entire skeleton. What right do you have to cry?”
The cold gun barrel in his mouth felt like an icy blade of death piercing his heart. Though his face was a mess of tears and snot, Brody forced his sobs to a halt.
He was terrified that if he kept crying, Briar would actually shoot him dead.
Having dealt with the situation outside, Memphis burst in, ready to gloat. But when he looked up and saw the wall of jars, he stopped. “Briar… Holy crap! Damn it!”
Even for a cold–blooded mercenary like him who lived on the edge, the sight made his hair stand on end.
His eyes turned red when he saw the uncontrollable murderous aura radiating from Briar.
Memphis took out his phone, photographed the entire wall of jars and bottles, and sent it directly to Ashton.
He said: [Ashton, hurry! Briar is about to snap!]
Memphis thought Briar looked terrifying. She had completely snapped.
He thought, ‘Damn it! Are these bastards even human?
‘It wasn’t enough to kill someone; they actually dismembered the body into so many pieces? Damn it! Who could possibly tolerate this?‘
*****
An hour had passed before Ashton saw the message from Memphis.
When he opened the message and saw a nearly crazed Briar in front of a wall of jars and bottles, his face instantly turned ice–cold.
Brandon and Ian, who had returned with Ashton, also saw it.
Brandon was fine and managed to stay calm.
Ian immediately started cursing, “Damn it… How devastated must Briar be?”
Ashton ordered coldly, “Get there as fast as possible.”
Briar’s phone signal was still stationary in a remote mountain hollow outside the city, which meant they hadn’t left the cave yet.
Although Ashton’s men had most of the Lopez family under control, some may have slipped through.
Briar had captured Brody but hadn’t moved from her spot, undoubtedly putting herself in danger.
This was a fatal mistake for them.
Even with Memphis by her side, Briar would be at a disadvantage if she got surrounded.
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In the photo, Briar’s clothes were stained with blood, and Ashton couldn’t tell if it was her blood or someone
else’s.
“Yes.” Brandon floored the accelerator, pushing the car to its top speed.
Additionally, the team sent to support Briar had already reached the deserted mountain pass, but they reported that she wouldn’t let them into the cave.
They could only wait outside, unaware of the situation inside the cave for the time being.
Fortunately, Ashton’s reputation in Shoneport was formidable enough that no other factions dared to cause trouble when they learned his men had been mobilized.
Just then, Ashton’s phone rang. It was Reece. “Ashton, what’s the situation? I got your message and am heading to the outskirts with Hamish now.”
When Reece and Hamish received Ashton’s frantic series of calls, they were alarmed by his unusual urgency.
They wondered what got him this worked up.
He insisted on bringing Hamish and even told them to prepare sedatives.
Reece thought, ‘Seriously, who was the unstable one here that needed to be sedated?‘
Hamish said it must be something serious to get Ashton this worried.
He said, “Maybe his wife left him, and he wants us to help him kidnap his runaway bride!”
Ashton’s voice was laced with anger. “Reece, something has happened to Briar. You must watch over her until I arrive. Do not let her out of your sight.”
Ashton feared that Briar was so devastated that after torturing Brody to death, she would lose the will to live
and harm herself.
Reece’s tone immediately grew serious. “Alright. Don’t worry, we’ll be there in ten minutes.”
After Ashton hung up, he closed his eyes for a few seconds to compose himself. When he opened them again, his gaze was dark and murderous.
He opened his phone again and issued several commands in quick succession.
[Put everyone in the Jennings family under guard. Break the legs of anyone who dares to interfere.]
[Take the Garzas to the basement and torture them twice before I get back.]
[Look into the connection between the Grant family and Tristan…]
Ian felt a sense of dread from the passenger seat when he heard Ashton’s final order: investigate the Grant family and Tristan.
After Ashton hung up, lan asked cautiously, “Mr. Wade, are you suggesting that it wasn’t just Zeke involved in
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that incident, but Briar’s mentor as well…?”
Ashton sighed. “It’s just a guess for now. I hope I’m wrong.”
Ian was speechless and thought, ‘But could he be wrong about something like this?‘
