71. Chained and Locked

ERICA

I put the gun to my head and just as I pulled the trigger his hand shot out directing it upward. I almost passed out as the gunshot rang out in the cold darkness, my ear rang from it and my breath left suspended in my lungs, making it impossible to breathe out.

I fell against him as he pulled me with a jerk on my hand. “Fuck. I have had enough of your nonsense.” He sounded feral, a wild beast on the loose.

With a single twist of his arm, he took the gun from me and then with a hand at the back of my neck he dragged me inside. “Sei così fottutamente testardo. Ne ho abbastanza di questo. Metterò fine a tutto questo una volta per tutte. Non capisci la gentilezza e non capisci il mio amore.” You are so fucking stubborn. I've had enough of this. I will put an end to this once and for all. You don't understand kindness and you don't understand my love. “È ora di mostrarti quanto posso essere crudele. E tu, cazzo, ricordati che mi hai fatto fare questo.” It’s time to show you how cr