The Mafia Bride (Katrina and Silas)

Chapter 107

Katrina's POV

The next morning, I woke up with a start. I wasn't certain when had fallen asleep, or even how I got to my bed

Because my mind had replayed Ethan's grin and the threat he'd hade over and over.

I still couldn't believe that the person I had freaked out for killing carelessly was still very much alive and was threatening us.

How do I get over that?

I rubbed my arms, feeling a chill even though the room wasn't cold. Silas's warning was something else I couldn't forget/ Stay alive. I'll handle it.

It didn't comfort me. Not in the slightest. He was a Completely different person when facing his work.

I wasn't naïve enough to think I'd be safe just because Silas said so. He was a man, there's only so much he could do.

Ethan was alive, and he hated me enough to come back. Having your ex stab you at your wedding wasn't exactly a happy

memory

That thought alone kept my heart racing. And knowing who he was, he was coming for revenge.

After dressing, I tried to distract myself by pacing the room. I told myself not to overthink, but it was impossible. Every -ereak in the house, every faint noise outside my door made me jump. What If Ethan would come for me and Silas wouldn't be able to save me?

My thoughts were moving at a fast pace and nothing I did was enough to calm me down.

And that was when I saw it.

A single rose lying on the table by the window. My blood froze as I stared at it, my knees going weak. That hadn't been there

table. last night. And there was no way Silas had kept a rose on my

My heart raced as I thought of the possibilities of it getting there. There wasn't much and I wasn't going to let myself think of the worse.

Slowly, I walked toward it, my hands trembling. The petals were bright red, fresh, but the stem was dark and thorny. I reached for it and noticed a small note tucked underneath. Katrina.

That was all it said. Just my name. But the handwriting-it was his. Ethan's. I would recognize that anywhere within a thousand writings.

I stumbled back, my chest tightening. My breath came in short gasps, and panic clawed at my throat. How had it gotten here?

I hadn't felt this much fear in a long time and right now I was frozen.

My first thought was to run to Silas. He'd know what to do, right? But then I remembered the way he'd brushed me off last night. He didn't want me involved.

My door creaked slowly and I blanched. There was someone in the room with me.

I tried to move my fingers, but my whole body was stilled in shock. I couldn't do anything.

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Katrina, do something. Movell I urged myself, but I

come for me and I was too scared

of silence, I finally forced myself to turn around, my heart racing in

there was no one

placed my palm against my chest, feeling my heart beat at a million miles per hour. It was just morning and I felt

inhaler by my bedside, I pressed it against my

to

lips,

of my room, my bare feet slapped against the cold oor, I hadn't bothered to put on slippers and I didn't care about

heart pounded as I made my way down the long hallway to Silas's

was slightly ajar, and

than we thought," Silas's voice was low, the kind of tone he

was he talking to?

in but that was definitely

like Darius, one of Silas's right-hand men.

hesitated at the door, unsure if I should interrupt. My fingers brushed the edge of the note in my

fingers trembled as I wrapped them around the knob

pushed the

me. Silas's eyes narrowed immediately, his jaw tightening like he

tone clipped. "This isn't the

was ready to

blurted out, holding up the

my hand without hesitation. His eyes scanned the single word,

that meant

was him?" Darius asked,

know," I stammered, my voice shaking. "It's his handwriting. And there was a rose. He left it

me singly roses while we were dating.

the note in his fist, his breathing heavy. "Darius, double the guards. I want every corner of

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room?" I asked, my voice barely above whisper. "I thought this place was supposed to be safe." I mean, I felt

me, his eyes burning with

when someone like Ethan is involved," he said coldly. "He's sending a

And

dropped a

I didn't

squared my shoulders, raising

it was an obvious li.

closer, towering over me. "Don't lie to me, Katrina.

going to do about it? You said

second, but it was gone just as quickly. "I'll deal with it. You stay out of it," Silas finished, his tone sharp. He moved past me, his hand brushing my

to stay out of it when

of it," I shot back, spinning to face him. "This is my life, too. Ethan isn't just your enemy-he's mine. He wants me dead, Silas. You can't expect me

and for a moment, I thought he might actually listen to me. But when he turned

Katrina?" he

Silas had