My name is Viktoriya Korolev and if you’re reading this then they’ve found me… A hand across my mouth. A needle in my arm. I found myself in a filthy hovel far from home. Where the men trade captives for money…but I’m worth more to them than money. I’m worth power. Only I can’t escape…until they drag him in beaten and bound. I cling to him, needing his strength and in that room I find myself falling for him. Dark eyes and a darker soul. I pin my hopes on him. This stranger who protects me from their fists with his body. The first chance I get, I do the unthinkable. I set him free. I’m the first son of the Baldeon blood line. The name you don’t want spoken…especially where retribution is concerned. So when some low-life scum thinks he can abduct me. You can be sure I’ll find out who they are. But the beatings are relentless, and I’m alone…until she comes. This fierce woman who looks at me with haunted blue eyes. I know she’s Russian…and I also know she’s like me. A prisoner. What I don’t know is who she is. Or why she’ll risk her life to help me. When she gives me a chance of freedom, I do the only thing I can…I run. But the agony in my chest drives me from my hospital bed. It’s telling me she is more than who I think she is… It’s telling me she is fate. I don’t care who’s blood I spill…not even my own. And I’ll go to the ends of Hell to save what’s mine. Note: This is a stand-alone novella series in the Cosa Nostra World