Elena didn't wait for a plan.
She was in the car before Adrian finished his sentence, phone pressed to her ear, dialing Giulia with hands that wouldn't quite steady. Behind her she heard the others scrambling — Renata's voice sharp with something that sounded almost like fear, Sofia already on her own phone, calling someone at Vale Industries security, Luca standing frozen in the study doorway like a man trying to process too many revelations arriving too fast to file properly.
Giulia picked up on the second ring.
"I'm fine," she said immediately, before Elena could even ask. "I'm fine, Elena, security got here fast, he didn't get past the door—"
"I'm coming," Elena said. "We're an hour out. Stay with the guards, don't leave the room for anything."
"I'm not going anywhere." A pause, a
