OP here. Ooooh, I love that! Yes, that could definitely work, though I guess I need to come up with a way of having Zack being assaulted without it sounding too much of a coincidence. Although I suppose I could somehow tie it to the attack on Kiera -- family relation and all.

As for the last sentence you wrote, I actually already had something like that in mind (there's a specific scene, probably in the courthouse, that I'm thinking of), so I'm glad we seem to be on the same page.