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 worry.

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

road, coming to a halt

door open before I stumbled out, the

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

for support, my body shaking as if it were trying to rid itself

Vincent's hand reach my back, feeling steady and warm, helping to ground me ever

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

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

from spilling over, couldn't keep

coming

brothers were already

I was trapped.

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 it's all because of

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?"

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 fully

something good, something real that we at least shared

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I wasn't facing them on my

forces me to go back with them... I can't go back, Vincent. He's going to

in his voice pulled my head back 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

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 if I

wanted to feel that hope he was so sure of, but the fear

ago, cultivated in every harsh word, every controlling hand 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 own

Not with my family.

could almost see a different version of my life - one where I was free to make my own choices, to live without the

over me. "You're safe right here. Right now. With me. We'll figure this out together,

so I just nodded, allowing myself

I'm taking you to one of my lowkey properties until we can figure this out..." Vincent instructs,

at my wet cheeks, before he places each of his palms on either side of my face; "You're too fucking pretty to be crying like this all the time... I'm going to put a stop to them if it's the last thing I do!" He

car, I felt like I was

but the fear clung to me like a second

and I glanced up to find

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