Glass exploded across the room.
Emily instinctively covered her face as shards rained through the darkness, the sound of alarms screaming through the entire mansion.
Red emergency lights flashed violently.
The Knight estate had become a battlefield.
"They're inside already," the security guard shouted urgently.
Alexander's expression transformed instantly.
Cold.
Sharp.
Deadly.
"How many?"
"We don't know yet, sir. Multiple entry points were breached at the same time."
Which meant only one thing.
This attack had been planned carefully.
Precisely.
The Order hadn't come to threaten them anymore.
They had come to take Emily.
Alexander grabbed Emily's wrist immediately, pulling her behind him.
"You stay beside me."
Emily's heart pounded hard.
Not from fear alone.
From the feeling inside her chest.
The power.
Restless again.
Reacting to danger.
Lucien stood near the shattered windows calmly, almost untouched by the chaos around him.
