Shadows In Durango

Chapter 131

Chapter 131

*****Sofia's POV*****

The second Vincent slammed his foot down on the gas, the quiet calm of the night completely shattered in to a million pieces.

My heart was already pounding so hard it felt like it might burst out through my ribs, but his sudden speed had me gripping the seatbelt tight, my knuckles white.

He was saying something, a low ramble that I could barely make out over the thrum of panic in my mind.

My brothers were here.

They were here.

They knew where I was again...

That hardening fact kept echoing, growing louder with every second, until I couldn't focus on anything else.

What the heck did I expect? I should have left this town when I first had the chance!

"Sofia, listen to me," Vincent's voice broke through the haze, edged with urgency, but it only pulled me further into a panic. "They don't know where we are right now or where we're headed either. I'll get you somewhere safe, just breathe" Breathe?!

The word felt foreign, impossible.

I couldn't breathe; I was choking on sheer fear.

My father's face flashed across in my mind, cold and calculating, always looming somewhere in the background of my pathetic life.

He had always found a way to make me feel small, powerless and now, even states away, he'd managed to find me again.

I wasn't safe.

I'd never be safe from him unless I was actually dead.

That was the only way to escape him!

The nausea built up quickly, a sour heat in my stomach, with my vision blurring as I struggled to keep it down.

"Pull over," I managed to choke out, my voice barely more than a whisper, but Vincent heard me instantly.

looked over, his brows furrowed with worry.

desperate, and I could feel the

veered off the road, coming to a halt

managed to get the door open before I stumbled out, the cool

inside all of the fear, frustration, exhaustion - all came pouring out violently, onto the ground

support, my body shaking as if it were trying

my back, feeling steady and warm, helping to ground me

just knelt beside me, his

it bearable to still be alive. When the worst of it passed, I slumped back on to the ground, too drained to care about how broken I looked in that moment seated on

from spilling over, couldn't keep the fear from bubbling back up, stronger than

coming

were

I was trapped.

barely audible, hiccuping between shallow breaths. "I... I'm so sorry, Vincent. I thought I could leave that life behind, but it's like... it's like they're always going to find me. No matter where I

around me, pulling me close to him in one swift movement. "It's not your fault. None of this is your fault. It never will

felt like I was floating somewhere just beyond my own body,

cheek, a quiet reminder of something good,

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I wasn't facing them on my own this time,

to cry out, my voice breaking with a desperation I couldn't hold back anymore. "If they find me... if my father forces me to go back with them... I can't

to

care if I have to keep you hidden forever, or if I have to fight off your entire fucking family myself - I'm not letting them take you away. I promise you that." He states. A broken laugh escaped me, caught somewhere between a sob and a gasp. "Vincent, they're all horrible people! You don't know half of what they've done. They'll tear apart anything in their path if it means getting

with a resolve I hadn't heard before. "I'm not afraid of them and neither should you be anymore. You're with me, Sofia, and as long as you're with me, I'll keep you safe. I'll put a damn bullet through each of their

to believe him. I wanted to feel that hope he was so

years ago, cultivated in every harsh word, every controlling hand my father had held over me.

didn't get to decide my

Not with my family.

was free to make my own choices, to live without the constant dread that shadowed my every

his voice a low whisper that washed over me. "You're safe right here. Right now. With me. We'll figure this out together, I swear. Just trust me, I know it's hard after everything I've done, but I only want

to speak, so I just nodded,

some water and then I'm taking you to one of my lowkey properties until we can figure this out..."

on either side of my face; "You're too fucking pretty to be crying like this all the time... I'm going to put a stop to them if it's the

like I was trapped in

body was too worn out to keep up the panic, but the fear clung to me like a second skin,

my seatbelt brought me back to reality, and I glanced up to find Vincent watching me, his jaw set,

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