I THOUGHT I ALWAYS KNEW WHAT SHOCK WAS. While growing up into the position of the Pakhan, I’ve always been ready to have a traitor within the Bratva. That had been something I always expected, given it was normal everywhere. But still, I’d thought I knew what shock was when I found out my own accountant was a traitor to the Bratva, thought I knew what shock was when I found out Igor and Andrei — one of the Bratva’s most strongest guards — were also traitors. Hell, I even thought finding out about my own father’s lies and deceit would bring me to my shock limit. But clearly, I’ve not reached that limit. Because nothing — I swear to God, nothing in this life — could have prepared me for the sight before me. Nothing could have prepared me for the voice ringing in my ears right now and the

