LOGINMagnus "Mieszko" Kaczmarek is the terrifying boss of the Polish syndicate, a man who rules the underworld with an unyielding iron fist and cold precision. When a catastrophic paper trail lands his brother in a maximum-security federal facility, Magnus hunts down the brilliant architect of his downfall: Jarlath "Jarosława" Sobieska. Kidnapped from her high-security office in downtown Warsaw and dragged to a brutal, isolated fortress in the Kampinos Forest, Jarosława expects a swift, agonizing execution. Instead, she finds herself locked in a high stakes psychological war with a monster who demands her intellect as much as her submission. But when an elite assassination squad breaches their supposedly impenetrable sanctuary, Jarosława saves Magnus’s life using split-second tactical mathematics. Thrust into a dangerous alliance to hunt down the syndicate's mole, Magnus’s lethal instinct to punish her dissolves into a suffocating, obsessive madness. He never expected to fall for his captive, and he certainly never expected the rot to be rooted in the one person he trusted with his life.
View MoreJarosławaThe air in the subterranean chamber froze, thick with the heavy stench of old iron, damp dirt, and the bitter copper of Magnus’s blood dripping onto the floorboards.In the doorway, my father stood bathed in the stark, blinding glare of the halogen work lights, his heavy wool overcoat draped neatly over his shoulders. The silver handle of his walking stick caught the light, gleaming like a polished tooth. He looked clean. Impeccably, terrifyingly preserved, as if he hadn't just walked through a collapse that should have crushed him to dust."You always had your mother’s stubbornness, Jarosława," he said, his voice smooth, echoing with a quiet, paternal warmth that made my stomach turn into a tight, sickening knot. "Searching for truth in places where only bodies are buried."I didn't answer him. I couldn't.My eyes snapped back to Magnus.He hadn't turned toward my father. He hadn't even flinched when the blast door slammed open. He stood towering over me, his bare che
JarosławaThe blast door opened with a loud, painful screech that echoed through the underground room. Bits of rust and old cement fell onto my hair and the screen of the computer resting on my knees.Magnus moved quickly beside me, despite his injuries and the blood covering his body. He was shirtless, and he raised his gun toward the dark corridor. Then he stepped in front of me, putting himself between me and whoever was coming. His large body blocked the red light from the computer, leaving us in the dim, flashing glow."Don't move," he warned in a low, rough voice. "Stay behind the pillar.”My hands froze above the keyboard. I struggled to breathe, taking short, shaky breaths. The air smelled of blood and wet stone. I stared at the white words flashing on the screen, but they started to blur before my eyes. I tried to read them, but my mind couldn't make sense of what I was seeing. I didn't want to believe it.PROXY UPLINK ESTABLISHED. TRACE COMPLETE. TARGET ACQUIRED."Jarosław
JarosławaThe screen of the old military device gave off a bright, pale light that lit up the wet stone walls of the broken tunnel. It was the only light left.My fingers hovered over the heavy mechanical keys, trembling so violently that my knuckles ached, but I couldn't bring myself to press down. I was staring at the blinking command prompt, but I wasn't seeing the code. I was looking at the tunnel. I was seeing the tailored wool coat, the silver-handled walking stick, and the polite, hollow smile of a man I had buried six years ago.Father.The word felt like ash on my tongue. I had spent my entire adult life worshipping the ghost of a martyr. I had dedicated every sleepless night, every dangerous decryption job, every scraped line of restricted data to honoring the man who I believed had died trying to expose the corruption of Unit 9. I had stood in the freezing rain at the Powązki Cemetery, staring at an empty casket, weeping for a hero.He wasn't a hero. He was the architec
MagnusThe sound of the shotgun shell made me alert. I had heard that sound many times in dangerous places, but inside the small, freezing cabin, it was so loud that it made my heart jump.The moment the hammer fell, everything seemed to stop. Jarosława’s eyes grew wide with fear as the weak light from the fireplace fell across her face. Her lower lip shook, and she struggled to catch her breath. She opened her mouth, either to scream or call my name.I didn’t let her.I lunged forward, my bare shoulder slamming against her chest as I wrapped one arm around her waist, sweeping her off her feet, and hauled her down behind the massive granite flank of the stone fireplace just as the front door disintegrated in a shower of splintered oak and iron nails.The blast was deafening. The roar of a 12-gauge slug tore through the heavy timber framing, spraying dry wood powder, plaster, and shattered glass across the central hall. A second shot followed instantly, the flash of the muzzle illumi












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