She faints in a grocery store—but the mafia boss who catches her notices hidden bruises and uncovers a truth that changes everything

door from its frame.

Smoke poured through the entrance.

Four armed men rushed in.

Victor dropped one. Marcus and Dmitri took two more. Nikolai, barely on his feet, put the fourth down with a single shot.

Then another voice came through the smoke.

“Hold your fire.”

James Kovich stepped into view in body armor over civilian clothes — gray-haired, military-still,continue reading …