Sin of Silence (Sinner's Empire Book 1) by Nikita Slater

Author:Nikita Slater [Slater, Nikita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

“Shaun, stop!”

She didn’t know who was calling her and she didn’t care. The voice gave her the impetus to move faster, pump her arms harder.

Shaun had never felt anything like the driving desire she had to escape her current situation. It gave her the ability to run in heels, to run faster and farther than she'd ever run in her life. She ran straight out the back door of the club and into a throng of happy partygoers. She shoved her way past them and continued running through Prague’s busy, touristy downtown. It never once occurred to her to stop and beg for help, she just had to run.

Shaun could hear shouts coming from behind her, but she didn't look back. She ran until the shouts grew fainter. It took her a moment to realize that there were sobs spilling from her mouth; deep gut-wrenching sobs. Tears wet her face, ruining her make up. Nothing mattered except getting away from Jozef, the bodyguards, the Koba influence.

She ran until everything hurt, until her lungs burned, her legs ached, her feet begged for mercy and a stitch in her side became so bad that she had to stop and bend over, clutching at her stomach. As she doubled over, hands on her knees, she sucked in deep breaths, filling her lungs with air before releasing the toxic panic that had built up inside her. She used the back of her hand to swipe at the tears on her cheeks.

Finally, she straightened and looked around. She was standing in some kind of alleyway, a dead end. Dismally, she crouched, leaning her back against a rough brick wall and sucking in air, trying to calm herself while she waited. She had no doubt Jozef and his men would find her very soon. In the meantime, she needed to figure out what she was going to say to Jozef to get her out of another possible punishment.

Would he look at this is another escape attempt? She hadn’t really been trying to escape. She just needed to get out of there, away from the guns and the drugs and the thugs. None of them made sense to her. None of them fit in with her worldview.

"She's here!"

Shaun straightened, pulling herself shakily back to her feet, her hands pressed against the wall to steady herself. She was determined to face her persecutors head on. Her desire to run might have been visceral, coming from a place of panic and anxiety, but now she was calm. Now she could think.

Except, the three men who piled into the alley with her were complete strangers. She squinted into the gloom, attempting to make out a familiar face in the dim lighting coming from the street. It quickly became clear that she knew none of them. They advanced on her, their faces reflecting eager surprise, as though she were some kind of unexpected prize.

One of them spoke, his eyes roving down Shaun's body in appreciation. She couldn’t understand what they were saying, the language foreign to her ears.

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