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

I could feel the pressure mounting, overwhelming as my hand shot up to cover my mouth. He

turn, he veered off the road, coming to

I stumbled out, the

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

body shaking as if it were trying to rid itself of the past

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

didn't say a word, just knelt beside me, his palm rubbing

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

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

coming

were already

I was trapped.

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 close to him in one swift movement. "It's not your fault. None of this is your fault. It never will be. I'm going to handle it, ok?" He promises, but I struggle to

anchor me, because in that moment, I felt like I was floating somewhere just beyond my own body, as if the fear had fully pulled

reminder of something good, something real that we

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least I wasn't facing them

forces me to go back with them... I can't go back, Vincent. He's going to want me dead!" My fingers

back to look up at him, his

I don't 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

he said, his voice harder now, edged 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,

believe him. I wanted to feel that hope he

been planted in me years ago, cultivated in every harsh word, every controlling hand my father had held over me. It was more

didn't get to decide my own

Not with my family.

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

against 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

just nodded, allowing myself to cling to

taking you to one of my lowkey properties until we can figure this out..." Vincent instructs, suddenly helping me to

my face; "You're too fucking pretty to be crying like this all the time... I'm

into the car, I felt like I was trapped in a

the fear clung

glanced up

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