The Mafia Bride (Katrina and Silas)

Chapter 23

Katrina's POV

I turned toward the path where they had just driven in from, the opened gates staring at me.

I had been searching for this exact route earlier, the day he had caught me in the woods. But the thick canopy of leaves had hidden it from view.

If you didn't know it was there, you'd easily miss it.

What need was there to hide the gates? And who would bring up such a crazy idea?

But that wasn't what I should be worried about, I should be worried about leaving here..

Phillip had given me a chance and I should be smart enough to take it.

The guards were scattered around the courtyard, their attention diverted, none of them noticing the way I hovered by the

entrance.

They were all worried about Silas, they wouldn't bother with what I was doing now.

This was my chance. My heart pounded in my chest, each beat louder than the last and it urged me forward.

I took a step toward the gate, then another.

Blinking out rain from my eyes, I wiped with my face with my lands as the rain fell in never ending drops

Come on, Katrina. This is what you've been waiting for.

My body felt pulled in two directions, toward the promise of esclipe back home and towards Silas who was currently fighting for his life.

But something held me back.

I didn't

idn't run out of the gates like I should have, instead I walked slowly.

Like I was waiting for something or someone to stop me.

How different was this place from the home I had known all these years.

I came to a stop just a few steps from the gate, my body frozen in place. I glanced over my shoulder, back toward the house.

And there, staring at me from one of the upstairs windows, was Phillip.

His eyes were cold, calculating. He stared at me as he waited for me to leave.

It seemed as if he had even been waiting for this moment, waiting to see me run.

Because he wasn't going to stop me.

His gaze sent a chill down my spine, and for a brief moment, I felt an irrational surge of guilt

But why? What did I have to feel guilty for? I wasn't the one torturing people in basements, wasn't the one playing judge, jury, and executioner. He keeps saying that was what they did, but still.

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my head, forced the thought away, turning back to

Just go, Katrina. Leave.

here to

But I didn't.

once more, the weight of everything

didn't want. And yet, when I get the chance to leave, I find

to convince myself,

as if they were lasted

you foolish

frustrated sigh, I turned back to the house, ignoring Philip's penetrating stare as

Not yet. Not

usual. the heavy atmosphere chokingas I climbed the stairs to my

1 needed to change.

as I walked

my room, I peeled off my skirtand shirt,

the mirror looked

the thoughts away as I quickly pulled on fresh clothes, something loose

before I could talk myself out of it. I headed down the hallway toward Silas's

but when I saw the maids rushing in and out of the room, I knew Silas just had to be

to know if he was

bleeding out in the courtyard, his

told me he was going to be stable, but

to see

front of it, their arms crossed

their faces, wondering what

him," I said,

left shook his

trying to push past them, but the other guard stepped forward, his expression Jnmoved 'Orders are orders,"

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Phillip

use the Tin his wife card Beach truly, I was Lisy prisoner

and wony gruwed at me, but there

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I turned and walked away, my hands clenched into

were letting on? The thought came to the, making my heart

day in a dare, wandering aimlessly

about me all through the day, so I figured there was no point

no one said a word about Silas. No

my thoughts spiraled, jumping from one dark

conclusions were a sport, I would be an Olympic

dragged on, the sky outside shifted from dull

in the kitchen at one point, staring blankly at a cup of tea I

her usual cheerful energy

chirped, her voice bright and entirely too chipper for how I felt. "You

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blinked, my

that knew of

was impossible for her to not be aware since she was there when he was carried

barely loud

won't let me see him.