Calista’s heart hammered against her chest as the formidable agents from Vanguard Agency closed in around her. Memories of that claustrophobic interrogation room flooded her mind, and panic spread like wildfire through her veins.
She took an involuntary step back, her voice trembling as much as her body. “I…I thought you cleared me. I had nothing to do with that virus. Why are you taking me in again?”
She was terrified.
The thought of being back in that room was unbearable.
The team leader’s face was a stone mask of seriousness as he said, “You are suspected of attempted murder against the captain of Vanguard Agency. You’re coming with us under the law.”
He presented the arrest warrant.
Calista’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull. “What are you talking about? When did I ever attempt to murder the captain of Vanguard Agency? I was after…”
She had meant to target Vivienne. How could Vivienne be the captain of Vanguard Agency?
The leader remained unflappable. “Percival Ellington is our captain, and you positioned that rebar to kill Captain Ellington with premeditation. You’re coming with us.”
“What!” Calista and the entire Brooks clan were stunned.
Percival was the captain of Vanguard Agency!
Whoever called him a loser was dead wrong. Could a loser helm the elite Vanguard Agency squad?
Standing at a distance, Scott’s eyes narrowed. Percival’s identity had caught him off guard; he had been so focused on Vivienne that he had overlooked this guy.
as she faced the leader, but before
intervene, but the sight of the
departed, the Brooks
state. “You always said you were better than me, always trying to one-up me. But what do you have over me, apart from your taste in women? What kind of person have you married?
chair, for
she deserved.
Baron stood abruptly. “I’ll go with
in response and
of the Brooks family was
visibly shook Kala and
silent, not a
composure. “We should start planning the
the police had taken the body, it would need to be returned
done, they were her family, and it was their duty to see to her
his voice grave as he instructed Ronald,
said, “We need to
betrayed none of the sorrow of losing
glanced at him coldly. “We’ll talk, but
and her lips pressed into a
death. She was not one to show mercy in her
was unneeded, she could not bring herself to be callous to those who showed her kindness. As people said, only one with a cruel heart could achieve
pay for her crimes. But on a personal
to go on. Everyone in this house has changed, hiding
she turned
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