Chapter 185

I pulled the phone out of my pocket and dialed Javier's number.

"Mr. Steel," he answered on the first ring.

"Who was standing guard?"

"Gregory and Cal," he said in clipped tones, knowing that I meant the penthouse

"The Outsiders took Leila," I said, headed down the stairwell. "Round up some men. We're going after her. Meet me in the lobby in five."

"Yes, sir," he said as I hung up the phone and dialed Ferdinand's number.

"Mr. Steel?"

"How the hell did The Outsiders get into the castle?!" I demanded.

"The fire alarm sounded and there was smoke," he said, his heels clicking against the hard, tiled floor of the lobby. He was in the casino. "We were busy evacuating the guests "

"While they came after my family?!"

"They must have come in the back way," Ferdinand said. "There was chaos "

"Tell me about it later. We're going after Leila." I hung up the phone just as I reached the bottom of the stairwell, flung open the door, and looked around, spotting him walking toward me. The