Inside the villa.

Sophia had just stepped out of her son’s room when her phone buzzed with a new text message.

It was from William.

She opened it, and the message read:

[The man you were looking for, the one who saved you from the pirates—he’s Alexander.]

Sophia froze, stunned by what she just read.

He’s Alexander...

That tall man in uniform—the one who risked his life fighting off pirates to ...