#Chapter 149: Hitman

“Sorry, Tessa,” Briggs says. “It’s not personal.”

He hasn’t pulled the trigger yet, which is a good sign. But that he’s holding the gun at all is very, very bad.

“Tessa trusted you. Who turned you?” Corinne asks.

“King Roman did,” Briggs replies. “The way he treated me and the others. I had to complete warrior training a second time just to be given the chance to become a guard. He’d dismissed all