fe's gone. She ran off

hompson, the head of security, standing on the door of the balcony impatiently tapping his well-polished s

mained locked at the beautiful hue of swirling amber liquid inside the glass in his hand. He found the brandy fa

on, Thompson replied. "You

e frowned, praying it wasn't his favo

i," Thompson

atti!" He thundered. Cursing under his breath, he thought of Alexandria and wishe

his mouth and emptied the glass. The warm liquid

hair. He won't give a damn if she took a dozen cars in the garage. But the Bugatti was a present f

et. A menacing scowl was plastered on

o late when I discovered she was gone.

uld have stopped her, not even me." Lucas stated truthfully. The mask of coldness on his face could h

g dimly lit arched hallways. He briskly moved to Alexandria's room, aware of the ominous thud i

trailed behind Lu

d again as he discovered it was locked. Thompson noisily fumbled with the set of keys in

sound in his room. "Make sure that he would never hear from anyone inside that his mother left him and ran off with another m

ad before walking away. His retreating step echo

e lights on, exposing a spacious room wi

room and went straight to the dresser where a box filled with expensive pieces of jewelry once stood, but now the box, includi

is thoughts. A deep frown etched on his temples as he slowly picked it

th as his eyes skimmed h

vide. And now I'm tired of life with you. I'm escaping from the prison you call home.

he first thing his fingers touched and hurled it across the floor. Brok

u for this." His voice thundered across the r

n made his face ten years older than his real age. He froze when his ga

against me!" Lucas growled, fist curled into tight balls on his side. He cr

lked past his loyal staff, wh

d, recalling that the party insid

ared at him

." He reasoned, without soun

celebrate. I want to rest now." He

to argue, but suddenly changed

anted my son back." Lucas barked. With l

Alexander." Tho

e he flung the door close, then retreated to the