Aaron Wythe sat, thunderstruck as he stared at the grotesque figure before him, bent and with one malevolent eye glaring at him. His gaze shifted to the man's hands, gnarled but strong.

Wythe gave an involuntary shudder. Snake was a madman.

A raving lunatic.

His plan was to spirit away Bianca Cruz on the day of her wedding. Bring her here to be tortured and killed in her wedding finery. But the most disgusting part was that Snake planned to kill her and take the baby from ...