Truth of Chains : A Dark Mafia Romance: Book 1 by Andra Sable

Author:Andra Sable [Sable, Andra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Ferns Publishing
Published: 2024-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Roman

I hand her the smoothie in a to-go cup as she returns from the bathroom. The taste of her is still on my lips. I shouldn't let her go back to the Cafe, she belongs here with me. Letting her go completely was not an option anymore though. She is mine, and I want to make her feel the pain she craves so desperately to be a part of.

The pain of this life is painstakingly unrealistic for something so sweet and beautiful, to survive. I know she may not be honey and sunshine all the time, but I know trauma wounds when I see them, but she has given herself the power to be delicate, something most of us could never dream of. To go against all bets that were placed on her head the day she was born. I would do everything I could to keep harm from her, but as for my own destruction, it's unpredictable.

I spot Igor in his trench-coat through the open front doors, holding a black umbrella. He nods before he paces through the rain to the driver's side of the car.

No matter the dreadful downpour outside, Ava and her bag are in tow, swaying with a new bounce in her step toward me. I dig my hands in my pockets, anchoring myself to not flip her on my shoulder and lock her away.

Ava wrings her fists around the strap as she faces me. We linger in the large door frame as she shifts her weight. I move closer as I grab her lower sweater, pulling her toward me. Her head shifts to the side and I grab her chin, forcing her to look into my eyes. Rivers of water tumble from the overhang, creating trickling waterfalls that pool on the steps behind her.

“See you around,” she says airily, swaying the bag in front of her slightly back and forth. She is nervous.

I step forward, “Not if I see you first.” The corny joke makes me twitch a bit, but I knew it was true. “Also, you know the rules,” I say as she strains her neck looking up at me. I don’t think she would say anything since she has stayed quiet for all these years. I am also glad Stepan is out of town which helps with him not finding out, and my Father doesn’t do anything with his bad health.

Wind catches behind her as the storm rolls the thunder alongside the downpour. Wisps of her hair kiss my face and I brush one side behind her ear.

She pulls away as the thunder booms overhead, “Ye–yeah, got it,” she stutters.

Rain collects on the car, obscuring a silver reflection of water as it circles around the maiden statue. Igor is harmless, and since knowing him since I was a child, he is here to do one thing, and that is stick to himself.

As much as I want to follow her, I have some things to figure out.

Last night Nikolai discovered there was a

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