Chapter Twenty — Shadows and Maps

DiCaprio:

“Liam is gone.”

The words hit like a hammer.

“Lock down the east wing!” I bark, already moving. “Close every exit and seal the elevators. If he gets past the second floor, it’s your heads.”

Guards scramble. Alarms start screaming again. I don’t wait for confirmation—I’m already sprinting through the corridor.

He won’t get far.

Not in my house.

Not with blood still drying on my floor.

Ten minutes later, he’s found.

Half-conscious. Bleeding from a stun round. Pinned beneath two of my wolves near the archives wing, not fifty feet from the last security checkpoint.

He was trying to find a way...