Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Two

Dimitri

I watched Irina disappear and every instinct screamed to follow.

Viktor grabbed my arm. "Wait. It is a trap."

"I do not care. That is my wife."

"And you will both die if you run in blind. Think."

He was right. I hated it.

"Spread out," I told his men. "Find another entrance. Surround them."

They moved. Viktor and I went deeper, following Irina's path.

The crying had stopped. A bad sign.

"Dimitri!" Lucia's voice called. "I know you are here. Come out. Let us talk."

Viktor shook his head. I stepped forward.

Into the open room.

There she was. Lucia. Older but the...