Chapter 46 The Man Who Wasn't There

• Bryan stood rooted to the spot, staring at the two fierce, trembling little boys. A muscle ticked in his jaw.
• They were the ones accusing him. He knew that. Yet looking at them—so small, so fiercely protective of people they barely knew—he felt something crack open in his chest, something hot and uncomfortable that tasted dangerously like guilt.
• Behind them, Yvonne sat frozen on the floor, Astra still clutched in her arms. When the boys' words landed, her first reaction was shock. Then a dense, suffocating ache spread through her ribcage.