𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 🥀 ( A Mafia Romance )

𝓢𝓪𝓯𝓮 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭

"You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound."

Chapter nineteen

BULLETS.

ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

I didn't know something could bring me such fear, such vicious and unconditional dread.

I wanted to scream, but I simply couldn't. I was choking on the fear but not clinging onto the hope like I should've been—the hope that would get us out of here safe and sound.

Everything was a blur of color through my eyes.

But there were two things about which I was absolutely certain.

Nico was holding my hand tightly in his own. And even though all hell was breaking loose, I knew that as long as he was touching me, I would be fine.

Two, we were running, quickly, although I didn't know where we were going.

I want to go home.

I want to lay in our bed and fall asleep with him by my side, wrapping me in his safe, warm arms. Binding me to his hard chest and forgetting all of my worries and fears.

If only I could utter the words and speak to him.

Suddenly, I'm not holding his hand anymore.

His touch. It's gone, completely erased from my skin.

I don't know where he is, but what I do know is that I need him here with me.

A bullet sounds.

I can't see anything, and I can't hear anything. The only thing I can feel is pain. Pain so extreme that I have to grit my teeth together to hold back a scream.

Warm, thick liquid gushes down my arm in a steady stream of crimson.

I hold my arm in my hand, sobbing as I fall to my knees. The bite of the hard floor is very little compared to the hurt I feel in this very moment.

Where is Nico?

Where is El?

Why aren't they here?

This time I do let out a scream when yet another bullet pierces my flesh.

The pain was so excruciating that no words could describe it to its full potential.