All Her Secrets

After Paxton was gone, Catherine looked at the time. It was only half an hour left. She estimated Branden must be exhausted, so she got up and headed to the training ground.

Just as she reached the training ground entrance, Paxton stopped her. “Miss Swann, could I trouble you for one more thing? Come with me, please.

“What do you want?” Catherine stared at him with doubt. Paxton kept his head down and avoided meeting Catherine’s eyes. “Miss Swann, you only need to follow me.”

Catherine walked behind Paxton for some time and came to a halt. Paxton noticed and looked over his shoulder.

He saw Catherine fold her arms before her chest with a grim look. Her eyes seemed harsh and piercing, almost scared Paxton out of his wits.

“Aren’t you gonna tell me the truth?” said Catherine with a commanding vibe. Paxton did not know what he had done wrong to expose himself, but he knew he could hide it from Catherine no more. He could only come clean.

“It’s Branden’s order. He doesn’t want you to be at the training ground. He wants to complete the challenge by himself.”

Speaking of which, Paxton felt aggrieved. When he was back at the training ground, Branden had given him a strict order to stop Catherine from returning.

Branden did not want Catherine to end the task in advance.

Catherine turned around to head back to the training ground, but Paxton strode in front of her and blocked her way.

Catherine glared at Paxton, and the latter subconsciously retreated a few steps. Watching her domineering back, Paxton muttered, “Branden, this is not my fault. She’s too powerful. I dared not say no.”

Catherine was indeed, as Paxton said, powerful. When she returned to the training ground, the fight was not over.

There was still fifteen minutes left. Branden could pass the test after fifteen minutes. The onlookers who worried about Branden all let out a sigh of relief.

In their eyes, as long as Branden kept that pace, it was not a big problem for him to make it to the end.

situation changed considerably. When they saw Catherine, the eighteen people low in spirits under

Seeing her was equal to having more challenging tasks. The eighteen people

it to the end even if he could not win. Yet, he seemed to want to give up after catching

stopped resisting, letting the trainees punch him repeatedly. Their punches were heavy, and the onlookers were feared. The eighteen people were well-trained, and their fists were much stronger than ordinary

covered his head with both hands, standing still like a mountain and letting the crowd beat him and kick

noticed Branden did not fight back, so he

steadied his body. The next moment, he spat

tightly as she

That was a nice trick. Catherine was indeed unwilling to hurt him too severely. After

to call off the fight, but Branden shook his head as if he had guessed what

The training continued, and Branden

was happening before her. She tried to move forward, but Paxton blocked

has given me the order to stop you from going to

felt the training time was too long.

eyes searched for Catherine stubbornly. When he saw her, the fierceness in his eyes turned to tenderness. He smiled at Catherine,

over. Can

can join my camp now. But you are late for a week, so you

answered without

sneered and left the decision to

fair, how about you assign yourself a

light smile

other three Duncans were secretly delighted, thinking that Branden’s affection for Catherine had worked and softened Catherine. She stretched rules for Branden,

Branden’s decision startled

there for a day and a night. If I could survive, please

fought eighteen skillful people and was wounded all over his body. Yet, he asked to go

his mind or asking

bring up such a request. It reminded her of the scene that the members of Red Star had thrown her into a hole full of snakes.

responded, Branden volunteered