"No," Noah says immediately. "No fucking way."
"It's him," I say quietly.
Both brothers look toward me instantly and I can physically see the moment it sinks in for them that this is real.
Elaine is actually gone.
Noah runs a hand harshly over his face.
"When?"
"A few hours ago."
"A FEW HOURS!?"
His voice explodes through the room.
I honestly can't blame him because every passing second feels unbearable right now.
"How the fuck does someone kidnap her from a heavily guarded house?!" Caleb snaps.
I laugh bitterly.
"Because the man in charge of guarding her was the one who took her."
That shuts everybody up immediately.
Noah's expression darkens slowly, murderously.
"He touched my sister?"
Thr quietness in his voice is somehow more threatening than the shouting.
Lucas descends the stairs again slowly.
"We think he's been behind everything."
"The attacks?"
"Yes."
"The poisoning?"
"Yes."
"Aaron?"
"Yes."
