Listening to Marcus speak, watching him justify his atrocities with twisted logic and misplaced loyalty, made something inside me snap. This man had destroyed lives, killed innocents, torn families apart - all while claiming he was doing it for Liam's benefit.

"You're not helping him," I said, my voice cutting through the chaos. "You're destroying him."

Marcus turned to me, his expression a mixture of contempt and fanaticism. "You don't understand what we've been through. What ...