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PROLOGUE
Sabine
One Monthago
"Oh, shoot!"I curse out as I juggle my keys, my wallet and my purse while I try to dig for the phone that is ringing somewhere at the bottom of my too big bag. "Hold on, hold on, hold on." I mutter as my fingers finally closer around the small electronic device.
I snatch the phone out of my bag and check the display for a second to see who's calling. It's an unknown number. With a slight frown, I flick the indicator to approve the call and press the phone to my ear. Using my shoulder to hold it up, I open the door and walk into my house.
'Hello?" I say out loud but I don't hear anything. I drop my bags and slam the door shut behind me, all the while straining to hear whoever is on the line. "Hello?" I call out again.
"I thought I'd call and let you know that Dimitri is engaged to Poppy's mother." A smooth voice streams through the speaker and my heart catches in my throat.
Did he just say Dimitri?
I swallow down my fear and clear my throat, "What makes you think that I care about that? Why are you calling me?"
Tristan chuckles, and it sends shivers through my body, "I know your little secret, Sabine. You may think no one remembers, but I do. You and Dimitri were a cute little couple all those years ago. I caught you and him making out, do you remember?"
When I don't say anything, he continues, "Well, you must have made quite the impression on Dimitri because he was ranting about you while he was torturing me. Seems he's not quite over you betraying him."
At some point in the last few seconds I must have stopped breathing because my head begins to spin, and my lungs strain for a fresh breath of air. I roughly inhale but don't reply to Tristan, I'm stuck thinking about Dimitri and how he was when I knew him. Back when Dimitri and I were boyfriend and girlfriend and I would have done anything for him. This was before Deanna and Delano got married.
I was fifteen when I was with Dimitri - young and naive. I remember when he told me that he was going to have to move away. I was heartbroken, but Dimitri promised me that he loved me and that he'd come back for me. I was dumb enough to believe him. I let him take my virginity and even kept our relationship a secret from my brothers. At least I thought I'd kept him a secret, but now Tristan is saying that he knows about it.
There was a time I thought Dimitri was the love of my life, but when he didn't come back, I realized I was the only one who felt that way. I'm grateful only because being with Dimitri was exactly what I needed to force me to grow up. To this day, I still have a hard time trusting men.
When Dimitri did decide to show back up it was to kidnap and violate my sister. After that, he did the same to Tristan. I never thought he'd show back up, and when he did, it wasn't even for me. It was because he'd gone out of his mind and wanted to destroy her family. I let out another sigh and pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Tristan, why are you telling me this? Are you trying to insinuate something?" I ask, my voice is worn. The emotions already making it hard for me to talk.
"I'm telling you because I felt that you should know. This motherfucker tried to destroy me. The rest of the family. I know you like to tell us that you're with us, but I just wanted to make sure that you don't try to get in my way when I get ready to take him down." Tristan snarls into the phone, and suddenly all my thoughts about Dimitri switch over to Tristan.
Sure, he came back to us after everything that went down in that dungeon, but I'm not dumb enough to think that the person he is now is the same as he was before. That time with Dimitri has forever changed him, and I don't know if it's for the better. Now I'm scared that he might try to do something that's going to get himself killed.
"Tristan, what are you planning? Where are you now?" I pull the phone away from my ear to glance at the screen again. The number doesn't show on the screen, "Whose number are you calling me from?"
"What does all that matter, Sabine? Huh! What does that matter now? All you need to know is this bastard is going to get what's coming to him, and if you did have any lasting feelings for him, now might be the time for you to get the fuck over them." Tristan doesn't say another word, and he doesn't let me reply. He simply disconnects the call, leaving me on the line with the phone still pressed to my ear and my heart still trying to beat out of my chest.
"God damn it!" I cry out and slam my hand back against my door. There were times that I wished I'd never met Dimitri. Times when I wished the first man I ever laid with was some random jerk who dumped me the day after. Dimitri wasn't supposed to turn into what he's become, but now that he has I don't know what it's going to take to get him to leave my family alone. When will enough be enough for him?
The thought of him giving up passes through my head briefly, but I shake my head at it. If he was willing to go through all this trouble to get to us, then I can't see him just giving up.
No, we need to figure out a way for him to leave my family alone, or I can guarantee he's going to end up dead. I only pray he doesn't take any of my family down with him.
