Chapter 688
That was exactly why he had battered his way inside with such desperate urgency.
He was entirely lucid; never had he been as ruthlessly rational as he was in this very second.
He knew how crushing Silas’s identity was, how terrifyingly deep his background ran.
Silas seemed like a lone rogue, but behind him stood the colossal, deep-rooted power of the Drakens.
His influence was massive—one wrong move would trigger an earthquake.
Yet Silas stubbornly insisted on being the human guinea pig, undertaking this lethal risk without breathing a word to the Draken family.
If anything went wrong during the trial—if he was left with permanent damage or lost his life—
The Drakens would never blame Silas for his own choices.
Every ounce of their wrath and vengeance would fall squarely on Sienna’s shoulders.
She was the one running the experiment. She was the one testing the drugs on him. She was the architect of the entire operation.
And she had concealed the whole thing, leaving the Drakens completely in the dark.
When the time came, no one would care that the trial was meant to save Maloney.
No one would care that Silas had volunteered, and absolutely no one would sympathize with the impossible corner she had been backed into.
The world would only see one narrative.
They would say Sienna was arrogant and reckless, playing god with her medical skills, gambling with the life of a top-tier patriarch.
She would be thrown to the wolves.
Luna and Thea watched the violent storm brewing in Jarred’s eyes.
Assuming he was about to explode, they braced themselves to fight back.
Just then, the inner door softly clicked open.
Sienna stepped out slowly.
She lifted her gaze, her eyes sweeping indifferently over the furious Jarred at the door, then passing over the two tense women protecting her.
With a single sentence, she crushed the suffocating standoff in the room.
“Get out. The lab needs absolute silence p>
Jarred didn’t leave; instead, he stepped inside.
He didn’t cross the boundary into the sterile zone, purposefully halting at the edge.
His dark eyes locked onto her slender frame, his voice low and eerily calm. “Keep doing your experiment. I’m not here to stop you p>
The words fell into the room, leaving everyone slightly stunned.
Sienna finally turned her head, her cool eyes glancing at him.
There was no surprise in her gaze, only a detached, icy distance.
“Then what are you doing? You aren’t needed here p>
“I’m here to watch over you,” Jarred stated flatly, hiding none of his intentions.
“I won’t interfere with the trials. You make all the calls.
But the danger in this room isn’t just chemical. It’s human p>
He understood the ruthless laws of elite families too well. He knew the viciousness of human nature.
Every word he spoke had been weighed with agonizing care.
“Silas’s identity is complicated. If something happens to him, the Drakens won’t blame him. They’ll come for your head.
No one can protect you. Except me p>
At those words, the expressions on the three women shifted slightly.
They had already anticipated this exact fallout.
But the situation was too desperate to care.
Jarred saw the entire board with crystal clarity.
His desperation to save Maloney was real.
But his obsession with shielding Sienna, with standing between her and any unearned catastrophe, was even more real.
He had zero intention of stopping her from developing the antidote.
He even implicitly approved of all her decisions.
He knew this was the only path left to survival; he knew she had no other choice.
He hadn’t stormed in today to pull the plug. He had come solely to protect her.
Hearing this, Silas slightly opened his eyes and spoke softly. “My choices are my own. They have nothing to do with Sienna.
If something happens, I’ll deal with my family myself. I won’t let her take a fraction of the blame p>
Jarred’s eyes darkened as he looked at him coolly. “You can’t control them p>
“You might not care about the risks, but the Drakens won’t see it that ~ way. The fact that you recklessly endangered yourself has already handed them the sharpest blade hold against her throat p>
Those words completely silenced Silas.