Herman took one look at Rowan, battered and bruised, and knew his suspicions

were spot on.

He shot Dailey a look, and Dailey wasted no time yanking Hanna out of the room.

It was just Herman and Rowan now, tension thick between them.

From the hallway, Hanna's shouts echoed, her voice shaky. "You're trespassing!

This is illegal-I'm calling the police-"

Dailey's reply was cold as ice. "Go ahead. I dare you."

The look he gave her could freeze the sun. Hanna's face turned ghostly pale, and

her protests died off.

Back inside, Rowan eyed Herman, clearly surprised. "How did you even find this

place?"

Herman stepped closer, looming over him. "The four men in the cave-you killed

them."

He wasn't asking. He was stating a fact.

Rowan said nothing, which said plenty.

Herman's eyes darkened. "You know what happened that night. Who took

Anastasia?"

bitter laugh. "Does it

guys, it's not important anymore. Herman, I told you-you don't deserve

call yourself her husband, but where

if you'd done your job.

them. How much longer

who's been ruined?"

Rowan knew Anastasia hadn't been assaulted.

photos, but they hadn't gotten further. He'd

her, then the

at Anastasia to

she'd been drugged, mind clouded, stumbling through the woods, cuts

the branches marking her

had zero

this.

long Herman could

act, loving a supposedly

him if

to protect

He didn't

worthy of her.

a knife. If Rowan

would've decked him right then

his fury. "The police didn't

know you've got something."

did actually. He had a

who was behind it

about Autumn.

be someone with

pull together four

those.

sure. And now, with Mr. Walker's

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