Vicious Redemption: A Dark Mafia Age Gap Romance (Dark Redemption) by Ivy Thorn

Author:Ivy Thorn [Thorn, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PNK Publishing
Published: 2024-03-16T18:30:00+00:00

24

TIA

I jerk awake from my reclined position in bed, my heart breaking into a sprint at the unfamiliar music issuing from somewhere to my right. I must have fallen asleep reading.

It’s no wonder, considering Trudy suddenly became a slave driver this morning, asking if I would help in the kitchen because two of her girls called in sick at the last minute. I didn’t have the heart to tell her no, so I swore her to secrecy because I have no doubt Leo would have a fit if he heard I was helping the help again.

But by the time Trudy finally relieved me of my kitchen duties, I’m not ashamed to admit I was beat. I wanted nothing more than to curl up with a good book, which I’ve grown more accustomed to filling my days with lately.

And now, as I sit up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes, it takes several beats of foggy-brained confusion before I realize the sound that woke me is my sister’s ringtone. Her phone is buzzing inside the drawer beside the bed.

I scramble to answer it before the staff hears the music and realizes I have a device I’m not supposed to possess.

“Hello?” I murmur breathily, nearly dropping the phone as I bring it to my ear.

“Tia? Are you alright? Why do you sound like you’ve been running?”

Maria’s warm voice is laced with concern, but it fills me with happiness. God, I miss her.

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” I assure her. “I was just napping, and the phone startled me.”

She chuckles. “Okay,” she concedes. “But how are you? Is Leo still keeping you under lock and key?”

She sounds adorably offended for me, echoing my frustration when I rebelliously decided to go see her after I first found out I was under house arrest.

“Well, I’m still supposed to stick to the house, and I’m pretty sure he has Luigi watching me closely. But he’s taken me on a few field trips to give me some variety and make it less painful, and he promised it’s temporary—just until things calm down.” I fiddle with my paperback book, flipping haphazardly through the pages as we chat. I lost my place when I dozed off. I’ll have to find it again later.

“I’m glad to hear it, but I miss you. I wish we could hang out again.”

Maria sounds sadder now, and it wrings my heart. I don’t like to think of my little sister feeling lonely. She has our three youngest sisters there with her, of course, but they’re not quite old enough to have the kind of heart-to-hearts Maria and I are used to.

“I miss you too,” I confess.

What I wouldn’t give to live in a world where it wouldn’t be a capital offense to spend time with my sister. And, of course, our isolation has nothing to do with anything she and I have done wrong. Just a bunch of power-hungry men tearing the world apart to get what they want.

Strangely enough, I don’t quite put Leo in that category in my mind.

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