The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 339

Chapter 339

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The woman seemed to understand what Hayley meant. She watched helplessly as Griffin carried the child strapped to his chest down a relatively quiet stairwell, and she didn’t try to stop him.

Once he was gone, Hayley locked the door.

As soon as Griffin disappeared from her sight, the woman grew anxious again.

She was anxious, and Hayley was uneasy, too.

Would Griffin run? Would he really leave?

Hayley found it hard to fully trust anyone. That included Leonard.

She was someone with very strong boundaries.

Since the beginning, she never gave anyone 100% trust.

She treated Leonard well. She fed him, clothed him, gave him supplies, money, and authority. Anything he wanted, she could give him. She never tested him, and she didn’t casually doubt him either.

But absolute trust? Sorry. She would never give that.

She always made sure she could handle it if anyone betrayed her at any moment. She always kept a way to strike back.

Just like now. She had given Leonard and the others her vehicle and left them behind. Even if they abandoned her, she still had the ability to return safely on her own.

If Liam or Milo ever turned on her, stabbed her in the back, seized power, or tried to take her base and league, she could wipe out Base K1 and Firebrand Base within three days.

Because all the core supplies were in her inventory. Beyond the system, she still had plenty of hidden cards.

Every step she had taken to build things up so far, she had always kept the most critical resources firmly in her own hands.

Every bit of strength she showed to the outside world was power she could fully control.

The key to balance was matching strength with capability.

She would never take in residents when she wasn’t strong enough. She would never grow a base without control. And she would never cooperate with multiple leagues before she held their survival firmly in her grasp.

Hayley had always advanced step by step, steady and cautious, keeping herself at the safest core position at all times.

Every expansion of power only came after her own strength had grown enough to handle it.

Of course, once she chose to use someone, she didn’t doubt them. She could be cautious, but she wouldn’t let suspicion hurt the people she kept close.

Anyone she doubted wouldn’t be used in the first place. Uncertain bombs would only become hidden dangers in the end.

Except for Griffin.

Hayley knew exactly what kind of person he was. He was cunning and detached. He never truly trusted anyone, and no one could ever read him or grasp what he was thinking.

No one knew what he wanted. No one knew what drove him. And because of that, Hayley didn’t know what he would do next either.

Someone like him couldn’t even be called loyal when kept close. Let alone now, when he was free

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He awed no one loyalty or froral obligation.

Just then, among the zombies moving back and forth below the hospital, Hayley spotted a figure completely different from the

rest.

He was moving against the flow, standing out sharply from the zombies around him.

“He’s back! He’s back!” the woman beside Hayley screamed in excitement when she saw Griffin returning.

Hayley watched the scene, and for a moment, she didn’t know how she felt.

Griffin had really come back. He retraced his steps, and the woman rushed over to open the door for him the moment she saw

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