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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I urged myself, but I

had come for me and I was too scared to do

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

no one

my heart beat at a million miles per hour. It was just morning and I felt a

inhaler by my bedside, I pressed it

to talk to

lips,

my bare feet slapped against the cold oor, I hadn't bothered to

way down the long hallway to Silas's study. It seemed to take forever but finally, I got

slightly ajar, and I could

was low, the kind of tone he used when he was barely holding

he

was definitely

have men watching the estate," the other person replied. It sounded like Darius, one of Silas's right-hand men. "If he gets

unsure if I should interrupt. My fingers brushed the edge of the note in my hand, and I forced myself to take a deep

I wrapped them around the

I pushed the door

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

his tone clipped. "This

was ready to

up

to me, snatching the note from my hand without hesitation. His eyes scanned the single word, his

that meant

was

my voice shaking. "It's his handwriting. And

me singly roses while we

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

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asked, my voice barely

eyes burning with an

doesn't exist when someone like Ethan is involved," he said coldly.

And

duh. I was asleep when someone walked into my room and dropped a rose on the table. Who else knew what else he would have

I didn't

shoulders, raising my eyes to

scared," I lied, lifting my chin. Though it was an obvious li. Silas' eyes darted to my trembling hand

to me, Katrina. I can see

refused to back down. "What are you going to do about

quickly. "I'll deal with it. You stay out of it," Silas finished, his tone sharp. He moved past me, his hand brushing

I supposed to stay out

my life, too. Ethan isn't just your enemy-he's mine. He wants me dead,

I thought he might actually listen

me, Katrina?" he asked, his

hesitated. Did I trust him? Silas had saved me before, but he'd also put me in