This chapter is mainly an explanation on who Annie Kroy is and why she took over.

Annie was Sophie's guardian angel, the cold hearted person that took over whenever the emotional pain was too much for Sophie to bear; she also emerged whenever Sophie's life or physical integrity was at risk. Eliot knew her from the time Nate was in jail since she had taken over for a while, that was when he learned Annie wasn't a nice person, she was a pathological liar and blood thirty psychopath that had love or respect for no one but Sophie. She also had the same grifting skills as Sophie and was a better cold reader than she was which meant she knew Eliot's was slightly scared of her; that amused her.

He also had to stop her from haunting Sterling down and killing him, hell, if anyone was going to do that was him, not some psycho version of Sophie. That was the night he learned Annie had first appeared on Sophie's life when she was just three, helping her cope with her life at the time. What the hell had happened to that girl in order to dissociate into such a dark person Eliot never found out and he sure didn't want to.

Eventually Annie morphed into Sophie and he never saw Ms. Kroy again, not until the day they tortured and ultimately killed that bastard of a priest. He immediately knew it was her, her stance was distinctive from Sophie's and that joyful smile, he'd recognize it in any part of the world. At first he was scared she wouldn't fade away, but by the time they left church she was gone. Apparently Sophie had the ability to call Annie, on a conscious way, whenever she wanted to; she also could control her any actions making her leave when she wasn't needed.

The rest of the team didn't know about Annie and Sophie wanted to keep it like that; that was the main reason that led her to send Nate and Parker away. That guy was such an awful, sick, and twisted fuck, he deserved to be punished by someone that as much of an awful, sick, twisted fuck as him.

Eliot watched Annie Kroy as she manically went through the black bag delightfully humming at any "Interesting" weapon she found. He was partially thrilled she was there yet confused because he didn't know what had triggered her to show up. Also, he had a feeling she wasn't under any kind of control this time.

"Mr. Brow is a very naughty man, twisted evil.", she said as she approached his chair from behind, a pliers on her hand. "You see, he's actually Parker's biological father!"

Eliot heard nothing more, he ran to the man and punched him the face breaking his nose, the chair fall to the ground, dragging Ronald along. Annie just smiled and lifted the chair as Eliot tried to regain control over himself.

She rested her hands on the man's shoulders as Eliot cursed and punched a wall, he wanted to kill the man right there, however, he knew he needed to be calm to torture him as much as he deserved. Annie leaned against Mr. Brown's neck, her lips so close to his ear he could feel her breath against his skin.

"I've never seen him this man and I must warn you, I've seen him torture a catholic priest over five consecutive hours" She smiled, letting her words sinkin. "And you know what the worst part is, Mr. Brown? No matter how angry he is, I am the bad one now!"

Eliot turned around to face them both and the pair of criminals just stood silent as Ronal's hearth started to race; he knew. That was the calm before the storm.

So, Annie is really the bad or she's just bluffing? Next chapter will be Mr. Brown's punishment.