Darkest Sins: An Age Gap Mafia Romance by Neva Altaj

Author:Neva Altaj [Altaj, Neva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Neva Altaj
Published: 2024-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Half past nine.

Over forty-eight hours.

The hands of my oversized wall clock seem to be moving super fast, but at the same time, much slower than they should. Sometimes, a minute feels like an hour. But the next passes in a heartbeat. Where the fuck is he?!

When I made it home after escaping that disaster with Alvino, I collapsed on the couch and, with my eyes fixed on the front door, waited for my demon. And waited. Panic gripped me in its claws, squeezing. It became harder to breathe. I didn’t move my eyes from the door for hours.

Morning came. The panic transformed into madness. I grabbed my phone and searched the news sites for any speck of information. Nothing. I limped outside and walked around the block in my day-old dirty clothes, hoping to spot him lurking in some dark corner nearby. He wasn’t there. And not on my roof. Nor on the roof across the street. Nowhere.

Returning to the apartment, I resumed my vigil on the couch. I didn’t go to work, just stared at my front door. That’s where Zara found me when she came over to check on me that evening because I wasn’t answering her calls. I almost lost it when that front door opened, but I realized it was my sister and not him.

“Where are you, demon?” I whisper into the empty living room.

A year, and we never managed to exchange numbers. If I had the energy, I would have laughed. How am I supposed to know if he’s okay? If he’s . . . alive?

Slowly, I stand up from the couch and trudge to the kitchen to get a glass of water. I took a quick shower earlier and must have crashed for a couple of hours. After jolting awake from a restless slumber, I just threw on a T-shirt I usually sleep in. I’m not going anywhere until he comes back anyway.

My phone starts ringing on the counter. It’s my dad. I’m not really in the right frame of mind to speak with him now, but I do need to answer the call. I can’t tell him about what happened at the church two nights ago. If I do, I’ll have to tell him everything about my demon, too. And my father might order him killed. No man outside of the Family is allowed to get this close to the don’s daughter.

“Yes?” I croak into the phone.

“Nera, you sound awful. Zara said you’re sick.”

“Yeah.” I throw back my water and lean my forehead on the cupboard door. “I don’t think I’m going to make it to your birthday party tomorrow.”

“We may need to postpone it anyway. An epic clusterfuck befell Camorra, and I’m still not sure how it’ll affect us. Alvino is dead.”

My head snaps up. “What happened?”

“No one knows. He was found dead in some church outside the city limits yesterday morning. Along with about half of his crew. As I heard it, the scene looked like a bloodbath. Bodies all around, over thirty dead.

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