Had he arrived in time? It had taken him longer than he had hoped to track Laney's whereabouts and then he'd had to arrange transport to Japan. Not an easy country to get into when you had as many mob connections as he did. It killed him that his woman was alone, possibly in grave danger. That she hadn't waited for him, trusted him to help her take care of whatever drew her back to Japan.

Now he and his men were finally there, at the Master's compound. He had a source on the inside ...