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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Movell I urged myself, but

come for me and I was too scared to do

I finally forced myself to turn around,

no one

beat at a million miles per hour. It was just

bedside, I pressed it

needed to talk to

lips,

slapped against the cold oor, I

down the long hallway to Silas's study. It seemed to take forever but

and I could

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

he

was definitely

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

brushed the edge of the note in my hand, and I forced

I wrapped them around the knob

I pushed

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

tone

he was ready to dismiss me

blurted out, holding up the note. "He was

from my hand without hesitation. His eyes

that meant a

was him?" Darius

shaking. "It's his handwriting.

we were dating. This

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

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shoulders tense, "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

face me, his eyes burning with an intensity that made me step

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

And

my room and dropped a rose on the table. Who

I didn't say

raising my eyes

chin. Though it was an obvious li. Silas'

over me. "Don't lie to me,

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

You stay out of it," Silas finished, his tone sharp. He

to stay out of it when

my life, too. Ethan isn't just your enemy-he's mine. He wants me dead, Silas. You can't expect me to sit here and pretend everything's fine." Because

hand paused on the doorknob, and for a moment, I thought he might actually listen to me. But when he turned

me, Katrina?" he asked,

I trust him? Silas had saved me before,

question when he was behind me im his