Trapped by Seven Mafia Wolves novel Chapter 111

Not Yet, Not Now

Aurora’s POV

The rain hasn’t let up. It just keeps falling. Heavy. Loud. Cold.

Each drop stings like a slap against my skin. My arms ache–open wounds throbbing, raw and exposed. My clothes cling to me like heavy paper, and my legs feel like they’re going to give out at

any second.

But the pain I feel in my injuries… is nothing compared to the pain I feel tearing me up inside.

And Luka is still here.Kneeling in the mud like he belongs in it. Shaking. Crying. Bleeding.He looks

so small now.So… human.

“I’m so fucking sorry,” he chokes out again.

The words hit me like a punch.

I want to scream. I want to run. I want to be anywhere but here.

But I don’t move.

“You don’t just get to–to just come back…”

My voice is barely above a whisper, but it sounds louder in the silence between us. The rain swallows everything else.Luka lifts his head slowly. His eyes meet mine.

And I hate the way he looks at me. Like I’m fragile. Like he’s scared.

But there’s some part of me… that feels hopeful. That maybe he can see my pain. And that maybe… eventually… I won’t have to hide that pain from anyone.

“You don’t get to say all those mean things–hurt me–and then show up crying like t–that erases

1. it.

“His lips part like he wants to speak, but I keep going. My words are clumsy, my voice breaking. But

I say them anyway.

“You didn’t care to understand,” I whisper. “You never tried to.

“My throat feels tight. My chest is tight. Everything inside me is too full.

“I–I tried to be good. I tried not to make anything worse. I never talked back. I didn’t ask for

anything.

“I clench my fists.

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“And still… you looked at me like I ruined everything:

“I look down, tears falling and mixing with the ral

“I waited,” I whisper, the words trembling as they fall out. “I waited for so long. I kept thinking if I just stayed quiet, if I was just enough… maybe you’d stop hating me.

“A sob catches in my throat as I squeeze my eyes st.

“But you didn’t.

“I open my eyes again, using my sleeve to wipe away the tears again.

“Ik know that you were hurting,” I murmur. “Bu… but you hurt me, too.

“Luka shakes his head fast, like he can undo everything. His words spill out, fast and broken.

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