UNDRESSED BY THE MAFIA LORD
Dimitri shook it, a gesture between brothers, between men who'd stood side by side through impossible situations.
"Come back," Mike said quietly.
"I will," Dimitri said.
They both knew it was a promise that might not be keepable. But they said it anyway, because that's what brothers did.
***
The hallway was quiet.
Dimitri walked toward the private elevator that would take him down to the parking garage, already thinking about Eve, already mentally preparing himself to be someone other than a man preparing for a covert operation.
His phone rang.
The caller ID showed an encrypted number, but Dimitri recognized the pattern immediately.