“We can agree to disagree on that point.”
“What do you want?”
“Other than your brother’s head on a platter?”
He leaned forward, planting his forearms on the table. “Is that a threat?”
“Of course it is.” I stood, buttoned the button on my suit jacket. “He fucked with the wrong woman, and now he’ll pay the price. Unlike my brothers, I don’t give a fuck about protocol, Vasilas.Your brother laid his hands on her, and that’s all that matters to me.”
“So, you want a war with the Drakos family over a woman that’s not yours?” His deep laugh echoed through the room. “That’s pathetic.”
“Maybe it is. And you’re entitled to your opinion. But that’s where you and your fucking brother are mistaken. Seraphina Blaine will always be mine.”
He leaned back in his chair; his face was stoic.
I winked, then made my way to the door with Finley following behind me. Could Vasilas kill me now? He could. A bullet to the back of the head would be a fucked up way to go. But Vasilas knew his brother fucked up. This issue wasn’t with the Puglisi family or me. The issue was in his own house.
Chapter Fourteen
Seraphina
Three entire days and I’d heard nothing from Sergio. Not even a call to find out if I was fine. Well, he hadn’t talked to me. I didn’t know if he was alive or dead, and I had no way to find out.
He left me with his maniac friend and expected me to heal with this psycho in the house with me. He was fucking everywhere. The only place I could escape him was the bathroom, and I didn’t know if the creep had put cameras in there, too. At this point, anything was possible with Kai.
When I woke up, I’d find him sitting near the door glaring at me like he could kill me at any moment. And when I went to bed, when he thought I was asleep, he slipped inside my room and just stared at me. A few times, he stood so close I could almostfeel the heat from his body. I held my breath waiting to see whether he’d try to smother me in my sleep or something. It was all very weird. At this point I didn’t think I was any safer with him than I was with Dorian.
I didn’t understand the animosity he had towards me, but it was freaking me out. I excused all the stuff he did in high school to antagonize me when he was supposed to be looking out for me. But we were adults now. This shit was just weird for a grown ass man to be doing.
“Where are you, Sergio?” I mumbled as I looked out the bedroom window.
My anxiety was at a new high especially not knowing anything that was happening. And I’d been kept as a prisoner in this room. I still had no clue where I was. I hadn’t been allowed to leave this room, and I didn’t think Sergio had ordered it. I think this was all Kai. He was trying to punish me for some reason.
“If I don’t get out of here, I’m going to go crazy.”
Dr. Vlahos came every two to three hours to check on me, but Kai had been keeping our interactions to a minimum. Each time I asked her to get me out of here, she only looked at me with fear. I assumed she was afraid to go against Sergio or maybe Kai had threatened her. If anything happened to her because of me, I didn’t think I could ever forgive myself. So, I would keep her out of it.
And even if I escaped, where would I go anyway? I had no idea where Sergio was and where the hell, he had brought me.
At least the scenery was beautiful. This was the first time since I’d been here that I’d been able to get out of bed to get a better view of outside. Dorian had done a number on me this time. I was lucky I was alive.
Or maybe not.
But the view had been the only thing that had kept me calm, especially without Sergio around. I hated being in the dark about everything, and Kai wouldn’t tell me shit when I asked. He just looked at me like I was the cause of all his problems.
He preferred to be anywhere other than here with me, and I understood because I’d rather be anywhere than here with him too.
I watched a young woman around my age glide by the window on a vintage-style bicycle, its frame a soft mint green. Her dress fluttering in the wind was patterned with wildflowers in different shades of blue. A light brown woven basket fastened to the handlebars was full of tomatoes, leafy greens, and red onions.
She wore a deep blue headscarf, knotted under her chin. It framed her face and hid her jet-black hair, which peeked out in loose strands near her temples. And as she passed, she smiled. It didn’t look like she was smiling at anyone in particular, but it was the kind of smile that screamed she had everything shewanted in life. Never in my life had I been so envious of a stranger, but I couldn’t help the ugly feeling of jealousy rising inside me.
I wished, for the briefest moment, I was in her shoes, and she was in mine. That was a terrible thought to have because I shouldn’t wish my life on anyone.
My body stiffened at the sound of the key entering the lock. It was another reason I couldn’t get out of this room. Kai locked me in. I didn’t believe Sergio ordered it either.
I continued to keep my attention on the view, hoping it was Dr. Vlahos, or it would be even better if it were Sergio.
The old knob rattled, then the door creaked open, and I knew it was Kai. Every time he came around the entire energy of the room changed. And not for the better.
