chapter 10

Emily

I wake up, and the room is pitch black.

It takes me a few seconds to remember where I am. The memories from last night flood back, and I realize I’m in Felix’s guest room.

My body aches a little from Redneck’s rough hands that had taken brutal hold of me, but it is quickly forgotten as my mind drifts back to Felix’s warm embrace.

His tender kiss had melted away all the fear and anxiety that had welled within me since the night began.

The security Felix had given me by offering me a place to stay for the night filled me with unexplainable joy.

He was so different from everything else I’d experienced in life, so caring and gentle.

Butterflies flutter in my stomach at the thought of him, and I smile slightly at my foolishness.

Like this would ever work. A Battaglia and a Carlisi?

Not to forget, all those people hunting me ...

But what is this, if not fate?

Perhaps it is destino ... destiny ... fate.

After all, he was the last thought playing on my mind when Redneck had his gun draw