[Elena's POV]

The news of the detained shipment sent the Velgrave estate into total lockdown.

Caleb dragged me into the center of the mansion.

He stationed six armed guards at the reinforced steel doors.

Noah did not stay with me. He grabbed his tactical jacket and marched straight to the private docks.

He burned through two hundred thousand dollars in bribes just to bypass the federal customs agents.

He hauled the suspicious metal container directly into our underground garage and then he ...