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Chapters (65)
  1. Dedication
  2. Playlist
  3. Prologue
  4. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
  5. One
  6. SIX YEARS AGO
  7. Two
  8. PRESENT
  9. Three
  10. Four
  11. Five
  12. Six
  13. Seven
  14. ARIA
  15. Eight
  16. Nine
  17. Ten
  18. Eleven
  19. Twelve
  20. Thirteen
  21. Fourteen
  22. Fifteen
  23. Sixteen
  24. Seventeen
  25. Eighteen
  26. Nineteen
  27. Twenty
  28. Twenty One
  29. Twenty Two
  30. Twenty Three
  31. Twenty Four
  32. Twenty Five
  33. Twenty Six
  34. Twenty Seven
  35. Twenty Eight
  36. Twenty Nine
  37. Thirty
  38. Thirty One
  39. Thirty Two
  40. Thirty Three
  41. Thirty Four
  42. Thirty Five
  43. Thirty Six
  44. Thirty Seven
  45. Thirty Eight
  46. Thirty Nine
  47. Forty
  48. Forty One
  49. SIX YEARS LATER
  50. Forty Two
  51. Epilogue
  52. ONE YEAR LATER
  53. Author’s Note
  54. Prologue
  55. JANE REYES
  56. Chapter One
  57. JANE REYES
  58. Untitled
  59. Untitled
  60. Killian De Luca
  61. Killian De Luca
  62. NINE YEARS AGO
  63. Untitled
  64. Acknowledgments
  65. About the Author

He lets me walk past him out the door. Once I get to my car, I ignore the throbbing pain in my head and just start driving.

Twenty Four

It's been almost a week and I still haven't eaten. My stomach hurts so much from how empty it feels.

I feel drained and weak. I feel like I want to faint, but I can't because if I do then who knows what the hell Vladimir can do to me or his men.

I don't want to take that risk so that’s why I am still awake, trying so hard not to slip into unconsciousness.

I wonder what my family is thinking.

I wonder if they know where I am and if they are trying to save me.

I can’t help but think about Alexander. I am also starting to feel bad for leaving and now I know I made a mistake by doing that. I should have just stayed until he woke up but instead, I acted like a scared bitch and left.

I hear talking from outside the hallway. The talking becomes more and more vivid. The door of my room opens but I don't bother looking up.

I hear a bag drop so I look across from me and see there is a plastic bag with food inside.

"Boss wants you to eat," I look up and see one of the guards. "Are you going to eat it or not?" he asks rudely.

"I would love to, but my hands are chained to the wall," I say in a raspy voice. It feels like a thousand tiny needles are stabbing my throat. The man walks forward, and he unchains one of my hands making it drop to the floor. I wince while stretching my hand. Fuck those chains were tight. I reach to grab the bag and as I get the food out the man still doesn't leave making me look up at him. "You need something?"

"Boss wants me to watch you eat to make sure you don't try anything."

I haven't seen Vladimir since our last encounter.

I honestly think he is scared of the little threat I gave him. It would make sense because he is a scared bitch.

Kind of like me.

But you see, I run away from problems that I don't want to face and that I am scared to face. But Vladimir is scared because of a small threat I made. Me, a little girl who is just the Italian Mafia princess.

I laugh at the thought before reaching inside the bag and getting out a bag of chips.

At least they are feeding me good food. So, I definitely can’t complain.

As I am eating I feel the man's eyes on me making me a little uncomfortable. "Instead of having your eyes dead set on me can you maybe just look somewhere else?" I raise my eyebrow.