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

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

off the road, coming to a halt just

to get the door open before I stumbled out, the

inside all of the fear, frustration, exhaustion -

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

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

just knelt beside me, his palm rubbing slow, soothing circles

dry heaves, he stayed 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 ground, too drained to care about how broken I looked

couldn't keep the fear from

was coming to

brothers were already

I was trapped.

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 it's

through the wall I'd tried to keep up, and then his arms were around me, pulling me close to him in one swift movement. "It's not your fault. None of this is

face in his chest, letting the weight of his hold anchor me, because in that moment, I felt like I was floating somewhere just beyond

solidly beneath my cheek, a quiet reminder of something good,

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least I wasn't facing them on my

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

back to look up at him, his eyes were fierce, unyielding as he looked down

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

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, and as long as you're with me, I'll keep you safe. I'll put a damn bullet through each of their skulls

he was so sure of, but the fear was

my father had held over me. It was more than just fear by now; it was a certainty, a truth I'd

get to decide my

Not with my family.

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 reality? Not

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

just nodded,

in the car, I'll stop somewhere close to grab you some water and then I'm taking you to one of my lowkey properties

the time... I'm going to

car, I felt like I was

up the panic, but the fear clung to me like a

up to find

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