Becky
The alert came at 11:47 at night, and I know the exact time because I was still awake reading in bed when Ryder's voice came through the estate's intercom system, low and urgent in a way that sent immediate ice through my veins.
"Everyone stay where you are. Perimeter breach detected, eastern section. I need eyes on Micah immediately."
I was out of bed and running before he'd finished speaking, adrenaline overriding every rational thought except the singular need to reach my son's room. Adrian caught up to me in the hallway, his expression tight with the same fear surging through my own chest, and we reached Micah's door together, finding him already awake, sitting up in bed with sleepy confusion at the sudden commotion.
"Mom?"
"It's okay, baby," I said, gathering him into my ar
