The Mafia's Debt Bride

his sister. "You have to do whatever they say. They'

her's brown hair was stuck on his face with sweat, his eyelids were shutting softly, hiding his

someone do this?" Phoenix

th his sister, all he could do was shift glances betwe

ulance, Phoenix lifted her head up, her

lly leaving his body on the stretcher. As they pushed Noah out of the house and into the back of their ambulance, Phoenix grabbed the ruffled paper she

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new that she could finally breathe. Her once shaky hands now softly smoothened

they are easily misunderstood. The reader reads through their own

aper

DOR M

coffee and left to dry. And the ink was exquisite, rare and insanely thin like

Saur

an older man, his hands tightly entwined

She ans

our brother no

ed and she made her way down the white eerie hall and st

had consumed her seven hours ago. Phoenix pushed the door open and winced at the scratch

ing him any longer like he was in the ambulance. He was just there, smiling at his si

d in his breath "Don

un, the greasy strands slipped off. She was in a big black tee and silk py

her; always

d. "You sc

. It was long and horrible but he would kee

the edge of the bed, studying him. Her eye

" she inquired. "We

r not. "You.." he started, suddenly hushing himself and watching his sister. I

tell anyone

Her brother was never the

casting a dark shadow on Phoenix's once li

he hadn't a clue about who the Salvadors were or about their influen

"They are dangerous people

them when you know

"I am in their debt. I owe them some

sighed. Rocking her head back and forth unse

rs." Phoenix came to a halt

foundedly asked. "Twenty..."

lts was hacked. I wasn't able to stop

o cry for help, rubbing against one another. An urge to choke her brother and

like a knife. "How do we pay this off?. I haven't even been given an official lic

." Noah winced in

ng it. And so was her messy bu

ring at the floral patterned bed cover. "I already

" Her intrusive thoughts dominated her. Was it gold

make her hear him better. But Noah wasn't saying anything. His head was stil

" she w

He lifted his head, his eyes meeting with his sister's damning

ke an - unless? -

, we bo

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made her feel ever feminine. With her scented candles and citrus body wash, she al

took the joy out of bathing. Her shower head sprung out rushes of cold water

red it o

bed skin off her body. When she was done, the cold waters rinsed her off but yet, the ug

andals, she picked up the ripe scent of h

grey painted Toyota Prius C Hatchback, her hands flew to her forehead, casting

ds it, her fist raised at the protector but it made a buzzing sound even before she

place if it rained. But this place, Phoenix thought,

ther into the forest, it's safe. You'll see a black gate. Just wal

green. The sun seemed to hide in the clouds and the odd noises of leaves rustling shook Phoenix. She wasn't

o torches, nothing. It seemed empty and eerie. But there were windows here and there, small sculptures of symbolic n

oor opened and Phoenix jumped back in fear. She tilted her head to the ri

ud and through a small light, she saw a

pecting you,