Killer Trilogy by Alexis Abbott

Author:Alexis Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pathforgers Publishing

Chapter 9

Serena

“Is it really you?” I ask, scarcely able to breathe. I take a step forward, my thoughts spinning out in every direction. “This is impossible.”

Luca smiles. “It’s me. I swear, I’m real.”

“No. I have got to be dreaming or something. I mean, how…? I don’t understand. You—you were in prison. You are in prison. I-I watched them take you away. Luca, I sent you so many letters. Every single day I sent you one and I never got one back,” I ramble, shaking my head in confusion.

A flicker of pain crosses his handsome face. I can see the exhaustion, the hidden agony tucked away somewhere behind his smile. I can see how hard he’s had to work all this time to stay strong, to hold it together. He seems so real, so lifelike, but changed. There’s no way it can really be him, though. There’s no way. This is some kind of elaborate trick. But who would do that?

“The prison security must have intercepted most of your letters. And I figured they’d never let me send one out of those fucking walls. Serena, you have to understand... these people were doing everything they could to isolate me from everything. Especially you,” he says grimly.

I run my fingers back through my hair, closing my eyes for a second as I try to put words to my confusion. I don’t understand how this is happening. How it could be true that Luca is right here in front of me. Yesterday I was alone in the world, running in circles trying to stay busy to keep my mind from wandering back to him, to keep my heart from breaking. And now he’s here.

But how in the world did he get out? And why was I brought here in such a harsh manner?

“You don’t have to think so hard about it,” Luca says gently. “I can see the cogs turning in your head right now, Serena. Trying to make sense of this. How it could be possible. Don’t question it. Not now. There will be plenty of time to explain later.”

“Later…?” I ask, my voice trailing off. “You mean, you’re not going back? You’re going to stay with me?”

Luca takes a few broad steps toward me, opening his arms wide. “Serena, I’m never going to leave you again, if I can help it.”

Tears burn in my eyes and I can barely breathe as my feet carry me, almost floating, across the room to all but collapse in Luca’s arms. I press my face into his chest, inhaling that familiar, woodsy scent I would recognize anywhere. This is him. He is real and he’s right here. With me.

“I can’t believe this,” I murmur, just letting the tears stream down my face.

“Believe it,” Luca says, kissing the top of my head and embracing me tightly.

“But Luca, I don’t get it. Why all the secrecy? Why did those guys have to kidnap me and drag me across the water in a rickety little boat if you’re

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