"Hey, hey, sweetheart, take it easy," he said, bending his face close to Will's. "He really did a number on you." Tuck sighed heavily, "Evie was never supposed to be part of it. I was going to send her home- I didn't- I didn't want to betray you, but what they were going to do was worse. They were threatening- Everyone. All the children. I was trying- I was trying to- Fuck, I fucked up. I fucked up, Will."