“Mumma is having a seizure!"

A sudden sound of gunfire resounded in the tunnel.

Dusak turned, and the force of the bullet that struck his chest caused him to reel.

And he saw HER, the girl of his dreams. The big man with her and the sound of other people rushing forward, firing, killing his men—all of that was a blur.

For his one good eye was fixed on her, the golden-haired buxom beauty who had fallen to her knees beside her dying mother, weeping as she huddled beside her distraught father.

He gave a hollow laugh. Lucien Delano raised his eyes, the gray eyes now dark with a wave of mad anger and such pain. Dusak wanted to laugh.

He had won, after all.

Lucien Delano had lost his most prized possession, his Woman.

He had succeeded in avenging the death of his uncle, Dmitri Rudenko.

Now he could die in peace.

But the big man with the ponytail, the Capo, who was to marry Ria, raised his gun and fired it twice at him.

As he slipped into death, Dusak smiled, baring his teeth.

***

Earlier

Ria Delano had fired the gun at