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.

over, his brows furrowed with

could feel the pressure mounting,

road, coming to a halt just by the

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

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

it were trying to rid itself of the past weeks'

felt Vincent's hand reach my back, feeling steady and

beside me, his palm rubbing slow, soothing

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 moment seated on the

over, couldn't keep the fear

was coming to get

brothers were already

I was trapped.

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

soft, breaking 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 your

letting the weight of his hold anchor me, because in that moment, I felt like I was floating somewhere just beyond my own body, as if the fear had

a quiet reminder of something good, something real that we at least shared beside all

be missing out on the complete story. Head

them

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

to look up

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

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

believe him. I wanted to feel that hope he

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

get to decide my own

Not with my family.

make my own choices, to live without the constant dread that shadowed my every step. But would those dreams ever be a reality?

his forehead resting 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 me, I know it's hard after everything I've

myself to speak, so I just

you some water and then I'm taking you to one of my lowkey properties until we can figure this out..." Vincent instructs, suddenly helping me to stand

crying like this 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

guided me back into the car, I felt like I was trapped

but the fear clung

up to find Vincent watching me, his jaw set, the fire in his

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