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

that had been following her.

A partial plate led to a rental company, then to a shell company, then to a warehouse near the port.

They found Katya chained inside a plywood room at the back.

Thin.

Bruised.

Alive.

When Nikolai broke the chain, she whispered, “Is my mother alive?”

“Yes,” he said. “And she will be very glad to see you.”

Silas’s last men made a continue reading …