*Tallon*

“Natalia...”

The exhilarating high that I’d been chasing since Ivan bitterly surrendered to me and my men came to a crashing halt. In fact, I was fairly certain that my entire world was about to be ripped from beneath me.

I was prepared to walk into a death trap before the sun even made its appearance in the sky. I was ready for Ivan to aim his gun at me and possibly end my life. Hell, I’d anticipated walking away with minor injuries ...