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.

He looked over, his brows furrowed with

and I could feel the pressure mounting, overwhelming as my hand shot

the road, coming to a halt

get the door open before I stumbled out, the cool night air hitting me just as my

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

the door for support, my body shaking as if it were trying to rid itself of the past weeks'

steady and

a word, just knelt beside me, his

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 in that

stop the tears from spilling over, couldn't keep the fear from bubbling

coming to

brothers were

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. No matter where I go. Now you're involved too, and

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

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

of something good, something real that we at

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least I wasn't facing them

me to go back with them... I

intensity in his voice pulled my head back to look up at him, his eyes were fierce, unyielding as he looked down at

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!

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

that hope he was

in me years ago, cultivated in every harsh word, every controlling hand my father had held over me. It was more than just fear by now; it

didn't get to decide my own

Not with my family.

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 reality? Not

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

didn't trust myself to speak, so I just nodded,

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

all the time... I'm going to put a stop to them if it's the last thing I do!" He states firmly, before helping me back in to the car as though I were a fragile doll made of

Vincent guided me back into the car, I felt like I

worn out to keep up the panic, but the fear clung to me

to reality, and I glanced up to find Vincent watching me, his jaw set, the fire in his

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