His mouth didn’t curve in mockery like she expected. Instead, it was grim. Haunted. “I told them not to bring her here.”

Alessandro’s gun lifted. “Hand her over. Now.”

“Easy,” Mikael said, voice steady. His eyes never left Eva’s. “She’s not in danger. Not from me.”

Katerina’s laughter cut from below. “Don’t listen to him, sestra! Blood lies. That’s all it knows how to do.”

“Shut up!” Mikael’s roar cracked through the steel rafters, startling even the SWAT ...