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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head, forced the thought away,

Just go, Katrina. Leave.

isn't here to

But I didn't.

more, the weight of everything pressing

yet, when I get the chance

to convince myself, something

as if they were lasted

you foolish

the

couldn't do it. Not

than usual. the heavy atmosphere chokingas I

1 needed to change.

were dripping water as I walked

my room, I peeled off my skirtand shirt,

in the mirror looked foreign-pale,

as I quickly pulled on fresh clothes, something loose

myself out of it. I

there before, but when I saw the maids rushing in and out of the

to know if he

he was bleeding out in the courtyard, his

was going to be stable, but that wasn't

needed to

in front of it, their arms

both stared me down with a hard look on their faces, wondering what actually gave me the nerve to try

see him," I said, my voice firmer than

guard on the left shook

push past them, but the other guard stepped forward, his expression Jnmoved 'Orders are orders," he said, his voice flat. "Go back to

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were from Phillip and I couldn't

couldn't even use the Tin his wife card Beach truly, I was Lisy prisoner with

me, but there

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getting through them. With a huff of annoyance, I turned and walked away, my hands clenched into fists at my sides. Why wouldn't they let me in

The thought came

of the day in a dare, wandering aimlessly through

me all through the day, so I figured there was

a word about Silas. No updates,

spiraled, jumping from one dark possibility to

sport, I would be an

the sky outside shifted

kitchen at one point, staring blankly at a cup of tea

Alisa bounced in, her usual cheerful energy filling the room

her voice bright and entirely too chipper for how I felt. "You look like you've seen a

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blinked, my

tight. Was I the only one that knew of

her to not be aware since she was there when he

loud enough for

see him. I don't know if

face softened, and she reached out,