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The Devil.
If only I knew how to save myself. I want to run, but I know Lev will hunt me to the ends of the Earth. If there is one thing I know about the Bratva, it’s that they hate being made fools of. Someone like Lev will have my head if I make any move to escape.
I’m his property as far as he is concerned. All thanks to my father and his love for power. I start feeling a migraine begin to pound. It mingles with the heartache and replaces the emptiness in my chest.
I…hurt.
God, I hurt so damn much. How could things switch from pleasure to pain in such a short space of time?
Pleasure…his lips, his hands, his mouth on me… Why the fuck do I keep thinking about that now? I know exactly what that all means. Nothing. I gave him every part of me, and just as I’d expected, it meant absolutely nothing.
Just like me.
My existence is meaningless. I stare into the space ahead of me, then sigh as I drop my head in my palms. I dread returning to the estate. It feels like this is the last quiet moment I will ever have. Because I have no doubt that the minute I go back there, I’ll be heading into a whole world of shit.
Does he even care that I’m gone?
For the first time in hours, I imagine Lev noticing my absence. There’d be rage, of course. But would he care?
“As if that will ever happen,” I scoff as I realize how ridiculous the idea is.
Maybe I should just stay here forever…
I gaze up at the trees towering over me. It’s an impossible and stupid thought, but for one sweet moment in the silence, I imagine shutting out the world and simply melting into the soft earth under me.
I sigh as I run my fingers through my hair. Would the events of the past few weeks have been different if I had refused to return home? What would have happened if I had managed to escape when my father told me about the marriage he’d arranged between Lev and me?
Once again, I dash the thoughts away.
It’s futile to dwell on them.
I shut my eyes and allow my exhaustion to take over. Sinking onto the soil, I rest my cheek against a patch of soft moss and shut my eyes. And for a moment, I let the fantasy take hold…the thought of disappearing into the darkness and never coming back draws me deeper as consciousness slips away, pulling me into a light sleep.
By the time I wake up, I know I must have been gone for hours. The sunlight is bright on my face. I am amazed at how peacefully I have slept.
But something woke me, and it soon becomes alarmingly clear.
Shouts.
Voices in the distance. Instinctively, I stand and glance around, wondering where the sounds are coming from.
I get my answer in a minute when a band of armed men step out from behind the trees. They stop and stare at me impassively, and for some reason, the looks they are giving me scare me. Lev’s men. I have no doubt about it. Yet right now, they look as terrifying as a band of armed thugs.
Probably because that’s what they are.
One of the men brings out his phone while his eyes remain on me. Come to think of it, everyone stares at me as if they’re afraid I’m about to bolt and disappear into the woods again.
Yeah, right.
Like that’s going to work.
“Boss, we found her,” he says.
I know he is talking to Lev, and it makes annoyance roil. He didn’t even bother coming out to find me himself.
Get a grip, Aurora.
Why the hell would he do that?
