[Elena's POV]

The door slammed shut behind Noah, and the sudden silence felt like a vacuum sucking all the air out of the room.

I sat there on the silk sheets, naked except for the thin fabric pooled around my waist, staring at the space where he'd been standing.

Jake was kidnapped by Velgrave. Or... was he?

I replayed Noah's reaction in my head. The cold fury. The immediate phone call from Caleb. The way his entire body had tensed like a coiled spring ready to snap.

That wasn't the reaction of ...