Charlotte POV

I can't believe it. I can't believe that my brother is alive. I can't believe that he has Cameron, and most likely is going to torture her and kill her. I just can't.

'Charlotte' Someone said. A hand rested on my shoulder. I jumped in fright and turned to see who that hand belonged to. It was Zach. He was driving with one hand and looking at me with a sympathetic smile. 'Do you recognise where we are?'

For the first time I looked out at my surroundings, the rolling hills covered in a slightly translucent covering of mist, the smell of the dew on the grass from first sunrise, home.

'We're getting close'

'Where is this place?' Bex asked from the back seat

'Verona'

'This is where Shakespeare based Romeo and Juliet' Liz informed

'Shakespeare never visited Verona' I stated 'He read about it in a book, heard about it from word of mouth. He believed that this place is the embodiment of Venice, the goddess of Love'

'Really?' Liz's eyes widened in amazement

'Who knows' I shrugged 'People are just as good as telling stories as he is' I winked back at them. The road began to narrow as we were heading into the cobbled town.

'Where do we go now?'

'We need to go on foot. Pull up over here' I directed Zach to a slight covering to trees.

'Why do we need to go on foot?' Liz moaned. I spun around in my chair.

'This is a small town much like the one Cameron grew up in, it gets lots of tourists as you can imagine, but two black government issued SUVs rolling up and we get out, there are eyes everywhere'

'So we walk?'

'We walk' I smiled.

Once we had began to walk around the little town, memories came rolling back. The smells and the sounds were still the same. There was the baker with his bread like always, a family owned business for 3 generations. I always had a crush on the baker's son, but by the looks of it, he's now the owner.

'Ciao signore' I said as I walked inside, he had his back to me.

'Ciao signora' He said, 'How can I help you?' He clasped his hands together and then turned around. His eyes widened as he studied me 'Charlotte?' He said in a thick Italian accent

'Hello Pablo' I smiled

'What are you doing back?' He came around the counter and pulled me into a tight bear hug

'I'm just visiting' I smiled

'Charlotte' Zach said from behind, I cringed as I saw Pablo look between me and Zach, and then looked down at my left hand, looking for a ring. 'I was looking for you'

'Sorry' I smiled at him, but glared with my eyes 'I was just seeing an old friend. Zach this is Pablo, Pablo this is Zach'

'American?' Pablo commented

'Pleasure to meet you' Zach offered his hand 'Charlotte we need to get going'

'Pablo, have you seen anything different around here? Anyone new, any activity around my home?'

'Someone said that you contracted them for development'

'Really?'

'They come here everyday for a food order, but they haven't come in today yet. Are you going to take it?' He asked, I glanced at Zach who gave me a look.

'Sure' I smiled sweetly.

'Well that was interesting' Zach commented when we were outside

'Don't you get it?' I snapped 'They've made it seem that I am to blame for this. That I commissioned the work on the building and now they haven't come in for their order, so-'

'So they either know that we're here, or they've moved on'

'It's not that far to go, we need to move now'

We made our way up the back of the hill towards my childhood home. I knew where there would be security camera and where there could be camera. We were clear. Once we were in the small courtyard everyone fanned out, searching the place.

'This is where you grew up?' Townsend asked

'When I wasn't with my father in Nebraska or my mother wherever she went, I was here with my grandparents' I threw a stone into a well

'When did you inherit the property?'

'Me and my brother got it when we were teenagers. I thought he was dead. I haven't been up here in years' I surveyed the area. 'It feels strange'

'Your brother, is he dangerous?'

'Let's just say that after everything I did to Cameron, I'm normal'

'CHARLOTTE' Bex shouted at me from one of the far doors. I ran over to where she called. I came in to a hi-tech area. Everything was either white or metalic, and that's when I saw Bex.

'What did you find?' Zach asked coming in. Bex didn't say anything. I walked tentetively over to her. Once I was close, I could see it. In fact I could smell it. Blood. There was blood everywhere. Blood mixed with the smell of her perfume.

'She was here' Bex whimpered. I felt Zach at my side, his body beginning to shake with rage and fear. Both of them seemed paralysed in fear, I moved further into the room, seeing the bullet holes. There was a struggle. Cam had fought back. She had defended herself. I saw that a door on the other side of the room was ajar. I moved over to it and opened it. My eyes widened at what I saw

'What is it?' Townsend asked. I looked at him, feeling the tears fill up.

'She was here'

'We know that' Bex seemed to have snapped out of what she was in

'No' I snapped 'She was here that summer' I pushed the door open wider as Bex, Zach and Townsend came closer 'The photo that was left for me was taken in this room. Cameron was in my house, the circle took her here whilst sending me out on a goose chase to find her'

'They wanted to test your loyalty' Zach informed

'And now they have Cameron, again'

'What do they want?'

'Maybe if we work it out before they do, then we can help her' Bex said

'She's lost a lot of blood' I said numbly

'We don't know if all of this is Cameron's blood'

'She's most likely injured. They would have taken her somewhere else'

'Think Charlotte' Bex began to shake me 'This is your brother, you know him better than anyone, if you had Cameron, where would you go?'

Author's note: Where would he go? Somewhere new or somewhere where Cam's already been? Where do you think? Let me know you guesses! xxx

Zachgoodet: You'll have to find out tomorrow about what they want her to do...xxx

AllyCarterFan: I know! Cam always gets the bad luck but I guess that's what makes her interesting (Wait till the final chapter ;D) xxx