The moment Brandon saw Elena tied to a bed on that screen, it felt like someone yanked his heart out and started crushing it in their fists.
These past few days, sure, it looked like the cops were grilling him at the station—but in truth, he and the team were cooking up a plan behind the scenes.
Lucas and Chris? On the surface, they were running around like their lives depended on cracking the case. But really, they were stalling—just as they'd agreed from the start.
Brandon had sensed something off ever since he volunteered for that mission. Later, at Nathan's funeral, it all started coming together. The unfamiliar faces lurking in the cemetery—spotted by the people he'd secretly stationed there—weren't mourners. His men had followed them, and luckily, those folks didn't even n
