Deceptive Love: A Dark Mafia Duet (Mackenzie & Volkolv Book 1) by Elizabeth Knox

Author:Elizabeth Knox [Knox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2020-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings

~ Unknown

Sofia

The entire car ride is filled with silence which is surprising. If anything I expected Aleksei to drum up a conversation with Desmond since he seemed so happy to see him. Yet he didn’t. He remained silent and stared out the window, holding hands with his little brother. I can tell that both the boys are afraid about the uncertainty of their future but they’re facing it with their heads held high like strong men naturally would. I know this might seem crazy, but I have no doubt in my mind that they’ll both grow into fearless men one day.

I’ve also kept quiet while the vehicle has gone over and through hills, passed various country farmhouses and focused my eyes on every surrounding possible. One thing I’m learning is that I need to be prepared for any scenario or situation which may present itself. Never in my wildest dreams would I have anticipated Valentin would harm me in such a way. However, if I had been more cautious maybe it wouldn’t have happened in the first place.

Desmond’s driver whose name I still don’t know turns down a road and within a few seconds we come up to an iron gate. On both sides a white cement wall that must be about six feet tall goes both ways for as far as the eye can see. My guess is we’ve made it to the Mackenzie estate and from first glance I already assume it’s as safe as a fortress.

The gates open and the SUV pulls forward on a white stone driveway. We go in a circle and park directly in front of the home. The doors are something regal, making me think of the medieval era. But I don’t think that’s too shocking considering we’re in the Irish countryside.

Once the car is parked I unbuckle my seatbelt, turn slowly and open the door. Even though I’m still riddled with pain I must keep pushing forward. There simply isn’t another option. Plus, my mother didn’t raise me to be a weak woman. When she left my father it taught me that. Before she left I remember the conversation she had with me, how she told me I needed to be strong like steel, that no woman in our family had the option to be weak. The words she spoke were somehow molded as part of my DNA and I believe now I truly understand them.

I’m able to get out of the car although I do start to waver a bit. It takes every bit of strength within my body to keep me upright and not focus on the pain. My head hasn’t stopped pounding since last night, but what bothers me more than that is the slicing feeling of my clothing scraping against the wounds on my back. The physician stitched me up but he didn’t apply any sort of antibiotic or gauze. There’s a part of me that wonders if the man was even a doctor or if he was some sort of torture specialist that the Volkolv family hired.

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