Nobody moved for three seconds.
Then Peter was across the room. He grabbed the phone off the marble floor before his assistant could even react. He started pressing the cracked screen. The screen flickered under his touch like it was dying. The feed had already gone dark.
"Bring it back " Peter said sharply. "Get the archive now."
The assistant stuttered, "The system -" He was already fumbling for his device with shaky hands. "The east wing feed only saves to the house computer. If someone got in from outside -"
"Then someone has access they should not have " Peter said. His voice was low and sharp. It was a tone Victoria had not heard from him before. "Lock every door. Nobody leaves the house until I say it is okay."
The assistant ran out of the study fast he almost hit the doorframe
