(Dante's POV)
For a second, no one moved. I could still see Aria's scarred knee and the way she had looked through me.
Then chaos erupted.
Leo shoved through the crowd, his face gray. "Don Romano! Federal agents intercepted our three main port routes. They're everywhere!"
"How? Our intel is airtight."
"The offshore accounts are empty. All of them. Your authorization codes were used, and Elena gave the final biometric signature."
Elena.
The fragile first love I had welcomed into my bed had used every tear and frightened phone call to keep me protecting her. Meanwhile, Elena had taken everything she could reach.
"Lock it down. Activate Protocol Crimson. I want every man hunting her down!"
Leo didn't move.
"What are you waiting for?"
"Sir, we can't." Leo swallowed. "The protocol wo
