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.

his brows furrowed with worry.

out in a rush, desperate, and I could feel the pressure mounting, overwhelming as my hand shot up

off the road, coming to a halt just by

get the door open before I stumbled out, the cool night air

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

it were trying to

Vincent's hand reach my back, feeling steady and warm, helping

say a word, just knelt beside me, his palm rubbing slow,

there, silent, his steady presence almost making it bearable to still be alive. When the worst of it passed, I slumped back on to the

over, couldn't keep

father was coming to

brothers were already

I was trapped.

sorry," I whispered, my voice 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 go. Now you're involved too, and

in one swift movement. "It's not your fault.

anchor me, because in that moment, I felt like I was floating somewhere

a quiet reminder of something good, something real

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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 go back, Vincent. He's going to want me dead!" My fingers twisted into the black fabric of his jacket, needing something to

intensity in his voice pulled my head back to look up at him, his eyes

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 me back. They'll hurt you!" I

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

to believe him. I wanted to feel that hope he

over

didn't get to decide

Not with my family.

almost see a different version of my life - one where I was free to make my own choices, to live without the constant dread that shadowed my every step. But would those dreams ever be a

mine, 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,

trust myself to speak, so I just nodded, allowing myself to cling to him

to grab you some water and then I'm taking you to one of my lowkey properties until we can

like this all the time... I'm going to put

guided me back into the car, I felt like

too worn out to keep up the panic, but the fear clung to me like a second skin, lingering at the edges of

up to find Vincent watching me, his jaw set,

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