SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 163

Alexander was in the middle of his meeting with Agent Chen when the alarm on his phone blared, a sound he had never wanted to hear. His security team's emergency signal.

His blood turned to ice. He was already moving toward the door as he pulled up the tracking app, watching the red dot that represented Camille's car blinking rapidly on a rural road.

"I need to go," he said, his voice tight. "Something's wrong."

Agent Chen looked up from her files, instantly alert. "What happened?"

"Distress signal from Camille's security team." Alexander's fingers flew across his phone screen, calling in his backup teams. "No response from any of them."

"I'll send FBI units," Chen said, already reaching for her radio.

But Alexander barely heard her. He was already running for the elevator, his heart pounding against his ribs. He had left Camille at the lake house with a security detail he had personally trained. They wouldn't trigger the emergency protocol unless the situation was dire.

The drive was a blur of speed and rising panic. Alexander pushed his car to its limits, weaving through traffic with a single-minded focus. The GPS showed him closing in on the signal, but the red dot had stopped moving. Stopped blinking. Gone dark.

When he reached the coordinates, the scene hit him like a physical blow.

Two black SUVs, Camille's security vehicles sat empty on the rural road. Bodies lay sprawled on the asphalt. Alexander slammed to a stop, his gun already drawn as he exited the car.

"James!" he shouted, recognizing Camille's driver slumped by the roadside.

The man stirred weakly. Still alive. Alexander checked the others, all security personnel, all unconscious but breathing. But no Camille.

knelt beside him. "They took her," he

already knew

"Black van... six men... Rose was

had waited for the perfect moment, when he was away, when they had begun to lower their guard after

taken Camille. The back window of her car was shattered. Inside, he found her phone on the floor, its

else. A small envelope with his name on it, placed carefully on the driver's

it with steady hands belying the storm inside him. A single sheet of paper contained a typed

me. My family. My future. Now I take everything from her. Starting with her freedom. Then her hope. Then her life. If you want to say goodbye before she

the note twice

vehicles screeched to a stop around him. Agent Chen

she

this planned for weeks. Waiting for

slightly. "We'll find her, Pierce.

voice flat. "That's

waste a minute." Chen was already directing her agents, organizing

hardest call of his life. Victoria

second ring. "Alexander? Is Camille with

a knife. Alexander swallowed hard before responding. "Victoria, something's happened. Rose

lasted only seconds,

said finally, her voice shifting into the commanding tone that had intimidated boardrooms

signal, the scene he found, the note. Every detail

the city," Victoria