Alex Gianna's voice grated on my nerves as she ranted about how Alexis had indirectly accused her of taking Valen. I wanted to tell her to shut the f**k up so I could focus on the surveillance feeds in front of me. Each screen showed a different angle of Byron’s house, captured by the secret cameras my men had installed. Gianna hovered beside me, seething like an angry cactus. “Why would I even want to take her son?” she huffed. I nodded absently, keeping my eyes on the monitors, my headset on as I listened to the surveillance audio and zoomed in with the joystick. “Can you stop? I’m trying to see how the boy got taken.” I shot her a sidelong glance. “And honestly, maybe you share some blame here. You were home last night, weren’t you?” Her face twisted in indignation. “Are you se

