Adrian looked directly at his cousin. “I choose to become the man my son deserves.”

Marcus frowned. Hannah moved. She drove her freed elbow backward into Marcus’s ribs and threw herself sideways. In the same instant, Rourke fired a stun round into the gunman holding Lucas.

The man’s body jerked. His pistol discharged into the ceiling. Lucas slipped from his arm. Hannah launched herself across the floor and caught the baby before he struck the concrete, curling around him as debris rained down.

Adrian crossed the room in three strides. He disarmed the stunned gunman, then turned toward Marcus, who raised his weapon. Adrian fired first. The bullet struck Marcus’s hand, knocking the gun away without killing him.

Rourke forced him to the floor and secured his wrists.

“You should have killed me,” Marcus gasped.