Threat of Exposure

~VALERIE POV~

Leo's screams woke me from the first real sleep I had had in days.

I shot up from the leather couch where I had finally collapsed, my heart racing as I heard my son's terrified cries echoing through the penthouse.

The sound was raw, primal—the cry of a child lost and afraid.

"Leo!" I ran toward the bedroom where Donovan had put him, my bare feet sliding on the polished floors.

"Baby,