Valeria screamed.
The sound tore from her throat like a wild animal’s cry, shaking the quiet walls of Damien’s estate. She rushed to the shattered window, hands trembling as she pushed the curtains aside and leaned out.
Nothing.
No sign of movement.
No cars. No footsteps. No bodyguards. No daughter.
Stephanie was gone.
Her baby was gone.
“No, no, no,” Valeria whispered, stumbling backward, her hands flying to her head as panic clawed at her chest. “This isn’t happening, this can’t be”
Damien and Ares burst in behind her.
“What the hell happened?” Ares barked, rushing to the window. He saw the broken glass. The breeze. The pale pink pillow still indented with where Stephanie had been sleeping just minutes ago.
Valeria held up the note with a shaking hand.
Damien took it, eyes sca
