"SACHA!" Aaron throws himself next to his cousin and this time Sammara lets him go. The little boy falls next to Sacha and begins to remove the gag as I writhe against Cai's iron grip. As the rag falls from her mouth, revealing bruised red corners, Sammara slides her knife back under Aaron's neck and Sacha glares at her. "He's just a damn little one, let him go. It has nothing to do with this" "First I want you to tell Lia what we found out." She is a bit reluctant to believe it coming from us. Sacha stares at her but when he looks at me, her gaze refuses mine, lowering guiltily. My heart is beating uncomfortably. "I heard them," Aaron cries, "they say Dominick did something horrible, that he killed people. But Lia and I both know that's not true. Tell them!" But Sacha doesn't say an

