C10 BEHIND THE LIES

“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