Aloe's POV
The breaking news alert flashed across my phone screen at 4:23 AM, jarring me from the first peaceful sleep I'd had in months:
"BILLIONAIRE WAKES SAVAGE ESCAPES FEDERAL CUSTODY DURING MEDICAL TRANSPORT."
My blood turned to ice as I read the details. Medical evaluation. Psychological assessment. Transport compromised. My husband, the man who'd controlled and terrorized me for three years, was free.
I was supposed to be safe. Agent Martinez had promised me he was locked away, that the federal charges would keep him in prison for decades.
But somehow, with expensive lawyers and political connections I'd forgotten he possessed, Wakes had slipped through the system's fingers like water.
My hands shook as I called Blake. He answered on the first ring, his voice alert despite th
