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OLIVIAI poured a cup of tea, my hands shaking. The house was silent, too silent. No more sounds of Samuel running around. Just quiet. The kind of quiet that makes you feel like something’s wrong, even when nothing’s happening.The door opened. Nick’s mother walked in, her clothes covered in blood—blood that wasn’t hers. She looked like she’d just come from a fight, like she’d been in the middle of something dangerous. Her hair was messy, her face pale, and she stumbled like she didn’t know where she was.I froze. “Why did you come here like this?” I snapped, my voice sharp. I didn’t mean to sound so angry, but the sight of her like that—it set me off.She stared at me, confused. “I didn’t think,” she stammered. “I had to deal with the men we caught. I thought I could check on the kids. I didn’t realize I still had blood on me.”I cut her off. “You didn’t think? Samuel’s still scared after the shooting. And you show up like this? What if he sees you? How do you think that’ll affect hi

NICKSix days had passed, and this was the seventh day. The last day of torture for Xander. I tortured him for the exact number of days he kept Olivia in that catacomb. Made him have a taste of his own medicine. It seemed my dear Xander only knew how to dish it out but not take it.I tried wiping th

MARCUSThe moment between Olivia and Luke touched me. I thought I was caring for my wife well enough. I thought I knew what she needed, but seeing her with Luke like that made me realize that I had missed some things. Like the relationship she should have had with her father.Luke was the only famil

ETHANWhen I got outside, Nick was leaning against his car looking up in the sky as if he was a wolf about to howl to the moon. The door closing him alerted him of my presence. He looked over at me then opened the backseat, throwing his jacket in. “Am fine, Ethan, go back.” He got into the car and d

MARCUS“What can I do?” I asked feeling helpless. My wife was blaming herself for what was happening to Lupita’s grandmother. I understood why but I blamed Xander. He went and used innocent people in his game and those were the results. Grandma was old and sick already. Top that with whatever Xander