"Krystoff!" Dasha's shout echoed through the front hall of the mansion as she rushed down the huge double staircase toward them.
Jozef stood next to his uncle with a hand on his arm to steady him. Krystoff was pale with fatigue and the pain of his injury, but he managed a smile for his wife.
Shaun stood behind Jozef with two bodyguards at her back. The bodyguards would remain with Krystoff until Jozef could unravel the reason why Vasiliy had taken the head of the Koba family. Jozef wanted to be reasonably sure they wouldn't attack again.
Aunt Dasha threw herself into Krystoff's arms. He grunted, wincing as his exhausted and injured body took the brunt of her weight. She burst into tears and sobbed out her anger and fear into his lapel.
It was well known that Krystoff and Dasha hadn
