Present Ellison My heart pounded in my chest. Brandon looked like he was going to murder someone. And it filled me with mixed feelings. Happiness, euphoria, that someone was going to avenge me. And fear, strange horror that Brandon was capable of something this dark. But come to think of it, now I know, that there were many things I didn't know about him. Antonio had told me in not so many words that Brandon owned half of the Castle, the place where the auction were being held. And he was there, wasn't he. He just bid on me. I didn't know what to make of it. Was I the exception or did he bid on many others before me? Now as his hand held mine and he tugged me out of the elevator, once again I looked around myself and once again I was stunned that there was a lot of security for the man