“Ah! Ahhh!” A piercing scream shattered the stillness of the morning.

The duvet scrambled off Lucian as he jerked awake, his heart pounded rapidly in his chest as his hand instinctively reached for the gun at this nightstand before realizing it wasn’t danger.

“Uncle!” The voice screamed, panic filled the voice so much that it echoed differently.

Aria jerked up instinctively, her head snapped to Lucian, whose gaze was fixated on the door, like his ears were ...