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Chapter 2 IRENA (one year later)

Word Count: 3363    |    Released on: 07/01/2024

ted, my voice echoing t

toward my fu

Viktor's passing, and l

cef

fate that awaited me,

the stairs and into one o

onto the wooden floor

ng b

with a click, my heart s

at was to come. For the

lack of abuse and contro

as destined to repeat it

ins

n, my senses were heigh

that appeared were clo

de me recoil. "Time to g

oice cold and unyielding

o myself pr

en, to be a pawn in som

d a knowing look bef

away from them, clutc

h I had. "No! Don't to

betraying the fear cours

re

d wrenching me

ugg

ai

res

eyes snatched my hands

a

able to hold on any long

of brown-eyed man while

ic surged through my bo

writhing

I roared in de

ting terror of being touc

flooding back, filling me

ductors marched me down

aboured breath I took.

was in deep trouble. "I sa

ish in a net. But my stru

the door gave way and m

again. Despite the pain,

desperate for escape. But

e stopped me

nse Irena!" With tears

d

at my

n

eng exposed a

alf my face, an

s that fell freely. Dresse

black heels, I felt lik

here in the house, scatt

n who had carried me ag

ed my head and locked e

brown eyes burned into

y-blue suit. Despite hi

n patches, he exuded an

eart race

linking gaze was fixe

ed snugly around a

of thirty-three, his im

ssessed piercing blue eye

e him a boyish aspect.

e within our elite fa

tly approaching me with

ble. "You litle brat!" h

could flinch, his palm

lted my head sharply off

et you're out here being

bringing upon our fami

is words laced with dis

my behaviour, "If your

ldn't have been creating

enraged his condescendi

red,

I was not at fault.

rrupted by the abrupt

nger in tow. However,

no, as I retorted wi

yes darted away from m

had just ente

ound my arm like a vice,

ut his grip only grew mor

My stomach churned wit

between th

are feet, hoping to di

eat

was suffocating, and I

t," Grzegorz's voice br

reality. He yanked

tow

ger. My eyes remained c

t. "Grzegorz," a voi

y spine, and I slowly l

ker. In front of me lies a

of feelin

the towering trees

cling his irises. His

t towards a chiselled j

is inky hair, cared fo

t speaks volumes about

i

h e

yes, there is an al urin

hint of

gla

eil of mystery, and

bird, ensnared by his ga

ghtens around me, causin

nto a firm slash as he fi

s words. "Forgive us, Sai

with Miss Now

llious mood,

," he mutters the las

y brows in

a

t's jaw bristles as he

now damp with perspira

a deflated balloon, Grzeg

like she's been scavenged

directing his s

as a dirty lifestyle,

ty, yet we cou

was destined for this li

mother, born into pove

o well. With her three br

the family. Her eldest b

their struggling househ

take night shifts at n

ent amount so my mother

he payment was decent an

re a lot of criminals and

her. She worked at the ba

he concepts of her enviro

bar, everything was go

th

No

ht Jan's eye. Jan cha

ere deeply in love and m

ney and they saw it as a

ught if Jan proposed to

and start a new life in

e than just a businessma

erican crime org

co, they both decided to

n love, eventually during

with me which caused is

she was gettin

e dn dunes behind, re

but fate had o

my family

It was a world away from

thplace. As I grew, trag

to protect me from

to flee with me but pai

rows in bottles of vodka

an at the tender age of f

others took me in, ush

a s

ion. But even as the yea

n the back of the class,

enage years that my l

nd a sweet new boyfrie

re not immune to heartbre

love was pure, not all fri

Just asI thought my life

high school and threw m

scho

the form of Viktor, and

But as much as I tried

ouldn't help but wish for

nt of Saint and Grzegorz,

ed and

k toward me were intim

eps back. But at that mom

aster, I knew I couldn't

, and for anyone who migh

eart races, and my feet

your uncles." His voice

ch l

both vulnerable and def

e, reminding me of the

entire life. But I refus

. I will always stand up

o

n explanation. As the

ld and his jaw clenches

to give him the satisfac

ened, and his voice gre

see

you." The heat between

unresolved tension. A

g my pulse with intensit

striking against my ches

be swallowed by the ear

um

soon-to-be husband,

ctat

aking made my head spin

way, consequences loome

ther the wrath of my unc

tale e

aze fixed on my uncles,

ne. "Does this woman e

sending my heart rac

gaze, staring down at

oblivion. But to my sur

le, breaking th

quiet demeanour, Saint

Saint's severity. "She tal

nce she gets comfortabl

, and Krzysztof rarely

self and doesn't bother

in his

istance from him earns

o me, sending shivers c

meet his glance, but I co

a physic

l up in a ball and give

stand my ground and pr

than a mere feisty wom

w and menacing, sending

aise my eyes, I was

tor eyeing up its p

ti

i

others around us, neve

ttlefield, my heart pound

rate for my uncles to st

n with them by side, I

a lamb

e trusted anyone

ept

shivers down my spine

ncles maybe my blood, but

ey can't guarantee my sa

of S

w to me. Even when I s

ds, my uncles dismissed

lies and atte

e Saint, I feel the full

o leave me alone with Sa

warning that sends me re

f

t kind. As the rest of th

elf, a sense of un

n me, seizing my neck a

h the freshness of min

and menacin

nt's eyes as he cocked h

wit

ze

the weight of

ins

o

sr

e

S

touching me made my sk

ust, and a frown creased

to teach you manners?" S

oonlit night, but his t

ind went blank, strugg

nto my neck, crushing my

by his touch, a feeling

ripped like honey, slow

ragile throat, cutting o

ears blurred my vision. I

is face in desperat

ggle

me, pulling me ever c

sciou

n eternity as the world

deaf ears, as my lungs be

n a titan, but I

t I'l bite back lik

nails claw at his skin, d

releases his tight grip a

r

n

elming de

it

ring his now bleeding e

h my breath, rubbing my

back down. With steel

ly lifting his hand away

kling down

lief as I took in the w

from his left eye dow

s hit me like a ton of br

a scar Saint would carry

o

aint produced a pristi

elicately dabbing at the

braced myself for the i

st. But what came next w

e corners of his lips, sen

in

ression - it was the hau

hat lurked behind those c

andered down his chisell

cing

ades halted abruptly. An

ls dilated

s ere

rough the fabric of hi

eas

etely flabbergasted, an

hilling sensation crept

at the prominent bu

aling a twisted and ani

, Saint folded the handk

away, striding purpose

ed on me for a fleeting

fore he silently left the

of u

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