CLAIMED BY THE DEVIL DON.
“She said it was good for hand-eye coordination for shooting. I was terrible. My scarf looked like a trapped bird.”
I stared at him, then burst into laughter, startling the guard standing discreetly by the door. “Vladimir Volkov, the Don of all Russia, defeated by yarn?”
“It was a cruel and unusual punishment,” he insisted, his own eyes showing a rare, fleeting glimpse of humor. “I prefer ballistics. They are far more predictable than wool.”
The conversation flowed, easy and real, touching on ridiculous memories, the exhausting beauty of the twins, and the strange, unexpected solace of having my mother, Chiara, finally safe in the same house.
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