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.

faced the leader, but before she could plead her case, she was whisked away by

to intervene, but the sight of the Vanguard Agency’s

departed, the

me, always trying to one-up me. But what do you have over me, apart from your

chair, for

“Though it wasn’t by my hand, Judith got what she deserved.

Baron stood abruptly.

and

family was slowly

shook Kala

and Timothy were silent,

who first regained his composure. “We should start planning the

had taken the body, it would need to

were her family, and it

his voice grave as he instructed Ronald,

he said, “We need to talk. In private. Come

betrayed none of the sorrow of losing

glanced at him coldly. “We’ll talk,

and her lips pressed into a thin line. “Do

her mother’s death. She was not one to show mercy

was unneeded, she could not bring herself to be callous to

her eyes, struggled to speak. Finally, she mustered a wry smile. “Morally, I don’t blame you. Judith killed ten people; she deserved to pay for her crimes. But on a personal level, I can’t understand. She was your grandmother, too.

in this house has changed, hiding behind masks. I can’t stay

she turned and

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