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.

"They took her," he whispered,

he already knew the answer. "Was

weakly. "Black van... six

fury washed over Alexander, so intense it momentarily blinded him. Rose had waited for the perfect moment, when he was away,

the vehicles for any clue to where they might have taken Camille. The back window of her car was

small envelope with his name on

steady hands belying the storm inside him. A single sheet of paper contained

take everything from her. Starting with her freedom. Then her hope. Then her life. If you want to say goodbye

read the note twice more, searching for

Agent Chen approached, her face grim as she surveyed

she asked

handing her the note. "She's had this planned for

read the message, her professional mask slipping slightly. "We'll find her, Pierce. Every agent,

his voice flat. "That's

was already directing

of his life.

second ring. "Alexander? Is

in her voice cut like a knife. Alexander swallowed hard before responding. "Victoria, something's happened. Rose has taken

lasted only seconds, but it

shifting into the commanding tone that had intimidated boardrooms

explained quickly, the distress signal, the scene he found,

to the city," Victoria said when