Chapter 162

Alexander was in the middle of his meeting with Agent Chen when the alarm on his phone blared, a sound he had never wanted to hear. His security team’s emergency signal.

His blood turned to ice. He was already moving toward the door as he pulled up the tracking app, watching the red dot that represented Camille’s car blinking rapidly on a rural road.

“I need to go,” he said, his voice tight. “Something’s wrong.”

Agent Chen looked up from her files, instantly alert. “What happened?”

“Distress signal from Camille’s security team.” Alexander’s fingers flew across his phone screen, calling in his backup teams. “No response from any of them.”

“I’ll send FBI units,” Chen said, already reaching for her radio.

But Alexander barely heard her. He was already running for the elevator, his heart pounding against his ribs. He had left Camille at the lake house with a security detail he had personally trained. They wouldn’t trigger the emergency protocol unless