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 was too

silence, I finally forced myself to turn

was opened slightly but there was no one in sight. I was scared for

feeling my heart beat at a million miles per hour. It was just

the inhaler by my bedside, I pressed it against

to

lips,

my room, my bare feet slapped against the cold oor,

hallway to Silas's study. It seemed to

slightly ajar, and I could

low, the kind of tone he used when he was

was he talking

definitely not Phillip in there

have men watching the estate," the other person replied. It sounded like Darius, one of Silas's

My fingers brushed the edge of the note in my hand, and I forced myself to take a deep

fingers trembled as I wrapped them around the knob

pushed the

look at me. Silas's eyes narrowed immediately,

his tone clipped. "This

like he was

holding up the note. "He was

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

word that meant a

it was him?" Darius asked, stepping

his handwriting. And there was a rose. He left it on my

while we were dating. This has to

heavy. "Darius, double the

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"How did he get into my room?" I asked, my voice barely above whisper. "I thought this place was supposed to be safe." I mean, I felt that way even when the

burning

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

And

into my room and dropped a rose on the table. Who else knew

I didn't say

shoulders, raising

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

over me. "Don't lie to me, Katrina. I can

to do about it? You said you'd handle it, but he's already inside the

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

was I supposed to stay

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 to

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

trust me, Katrina?" he asked,

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

he had asked that question when he was behind me im his bedroom then