THE MAFIA BOSS WAS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AS HE DIED—UNTIL AN 8-YEAR-OLD MAID’S DAUGHTER CHECKED UNDER HIS PILLOW AND EXPOSED WHAT HIS FIANCÉE HAD BEEN HIDING THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

“I want to be her father,” he said. “But I know I have to earn that.”

Inside the house, Lily burst into laughter at something Jake had said, bright and untamed.

Elena turned toward the sound.

Her daughter had survived hunger, cold, and fear.

Now danger wore designer suits and rival family names.

“I don’t trust your world,” Elena said.

“I don’t either.”

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