The interior bedroom was smaller, windowless, tucked into the center of the mansion like a vault. Silas had Thomas and two other security men sweep it twice before letting me inside.
"Stay here," Silas said. "Don't open the door for anyone except me or Julian. Not the staff. Not your mother. No one."
"My mother? Silas, where is she?"
"Still at the office. I'm sending a car to bring her home now. With security." He pulled out his phone, started typing. "Dante knowing about the collar means he's been watching for hours. Maybe days. Which means he knows your mother's schedule, your routine, everything."
"So we're prisoners now?"
"You're protected. There's a difference." He finished the message, looked at me. "I need to meet with Thomas. Go through the security footage. Figure out how Dan
