The alarms screamed through the halls like a warning from hell itself.
I bolted upright in the massive bed, heart hammering against my ribs as heavy footsteps thundered down the corridor. My skin felt too tight, too hot, like something inside me had cracked open and spilled out into the air. The new scent. It had been building for days, sweet and heavy, pulling eyes and now apparently pulling trouble straight to our doorstep.
"Stay inside," Kai barked from somewhere down the hall, his voice sharp with command.
But I was already moving, yanking on a robe and storming toward the main wing. The brothers had the entire estate on lockdown. Metal shutters slammed over windows with mechanical groans. Gates at the perimeter hummed with reinforced electricity. I could hear the distant shouts of
