Trapped by Seven Mafia Wolves novel Chapter 124

Jace, shoving me into the backseat of his car after school, his voice low: “Keep your eyes down, Aurora. Don’t look at them.”

I’d been too confused to ask who “them” was.

Matteo, once disappearing for two whole days.

When he returned, there was red smeared along his collar. I’d asked about it, half–asleep at the

kitchen table. He’d smiled, ruffled my hair, and said, “Some idiot just spilled his drink on me.”

Andrei, slamming a folder shut the moment I entered the room. I remembered how his hand.

hovered near something small and black at his side before he realized it was me.

Nico constantly screaming to everyone else about how I won’t survive in “their world.”

That I’m a weak link.

Their world.

This can’t be their world.

My breath stutters. My stomach twists violently, bille rising in my throat.

Kira grins like a predator watching prey bleed. “Oh poor little princess. You really are clueless.”

“They’re not,” I whisper, tears burning hot in my eyes. “They can’t…”

Her laughter is sharp and low.

“Seriously? You’re chained in a fucking basement because of them. You were kidnapped for what they are. What more proof does your clueless little brain need?”

“They… they’re just-” My voice falters. The excuses die in my throat.

Just brothers. Just protective. Just secretive.Lies.

All of it.

Kira leans in close, her shadow swallowing me.

“You think good men come home with broken knuckles and knives in their boots? You think brothers who love you whisper behind your back when they think you’re asleep?”

“I-“My chest caves, sobs racking me. “I don’t know–I don’t-”

“Stop lying!” she spits, the venom in her voice making me flinch. “Face it. They’ve always been

killers. And you were too fucking blind to see it.”

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Jace, shoving me into the backseat of his car after school, his voice low: “Keep your eyes down,

Aurora. Don’t look at them.”

I’d been too confused to ask who “them” was.

Matteo, once disappearing for two whole days.

When he returned, there was red smeared along his collar. I’d asked about it, half–asleep at the

kitchen table. He’d smiled, ruffled my hair, and said, “Some idiot just spilled his drink on me.”

Andrei, slamming a folder shut the moment I entered the room. I remembered how his hand

hovered near something small and black at his side before he realized it was me.

Nico constantly screaming to everyone else about how I won’t survive in “their world.”

That I’m a weak link.

Their world.

This can’t be their world.

My breath stutters. My stomach twists violently, bille rising in my throat.

Kira grins like a predator watching prey bleed. “Oh, poor little princess. You really are clueless.”

“They’re not,” I whisper, tears burning hot in my eyes. “They can’t…”

Her laughter is sharp and low.

“Seriously? You’re chained in a fucking basement because of them. You were kidnapped for what they are. What more proof does your clueless little brain need?”

“They… they’re just—” My voice falters. The excuses die in my throat.

Just brothers. Just protective. Just secretive.Lies.

All of it.

Kira leans in close, her shadow swallowing me.

“You think good men come home with broken knuckles and knives in their boots? You think brothers who love you whisper behind your back when they think you’re asleep?”

“I-” My chest caves, sobs racking me. “I don’t know–I don’t-”

“Stop lying!” she spits, the venom in her voice making me flinch. “Face it. They’ve always been. killers. And you were too fucking blind to see it.”

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The chains rattle as I twist, my wrists tearing open further.

Blood smears across the iron, slick and hot.

“Stop!” I scream, my throat tearing raw, my whole body trembling. “Stop it! Stop!”

Tears blur my vision as she walks to the door, her footsteps echoing like gunshots.

“Please, K–Kira!” My voice rips from me, jagged and broken. “Don’t leave me with him! D–Dont-

don’t do this!”

She doesn’t turn. Doesn’t hesitate. The door shuts with a dull, final thud.

As if sealing my fate.

I’m left alone with him.

The man steps forward, his boots heavy against the floor. His silhouette blocks out the faint strip of

light.

He cracks his knuckles slowly, deliberately.

“Kак она сказала,” he rumbles in Russian, voice like gravel.

(“Like she said.“)

His shadow stretches across me, swallowing me whole.

“У меня есть свои приказы.

(“I have my orders.“)

Terror seizes me so violently I can’t breathe.

Sobs rack through me, ripping out of my throat, uncontrollable.

“Please,” I whisper, my whole body trembling. “Please, don’t–don’t-”

The voice in my head laughs, venomous.

Begging again. Always begging. No wonder they all hate you. They probably won’t even come for

you.

“SHUT UP!” I scream at both the voice and the man thrashing so violently the chains cut into my skin. “Please! Don’t, please!”

But he only sighs, slow and terrible, as he takes and her step closer.

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A final sob erupts from me, scratching at the silence like a broken record.

“P–please…. please…”

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