Mated To A Mafia Boss

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t shielded me from the cold, rotting stench of our apar

father, Blake staggered in, h

is heavy steps carried him closer, and without a se

, towering over my mother as s

quickly make you something." Mother's voice trembled a

nded with a sickening thud, and Mother staggered backward, falling to the ground. My fists c

is boot stomping on her s

My hands gripped the knife tightly and I stepped forward. "If you touch her again... I'll stab y

he stared at the blade in my hands. "Jasper, dro

e laughed-a cruel, mocking sound that filled the room. "You? Stab me?" His laugh tur

mach, a wet, sickening gasp breaking the room's heavy silence. His eyes widened

the ringing in my ears. I yanked the knife f

ing hands, and clattering against the floor. My

e I still stood paralyzed, my

voice urgent, but steady despite her tear-streaked fac

dn't

trembling with resolve. "I killed him. Do you un

nse, but I nodded anyway

ed me of my bloodied clothes, threw them into the fireplace, and watched them b

her trembling lips as she p

nd our creepy apartment became the center of chaos. Journalists swarmed outside as Mother was led

skin as whispers swirled around me. Fifteen years in priso

cavenging for scraps, stale foods and curling up in dark alleys to escape

hey fo

closer, but one of them knelt and s

anded me a box of neatly packed food. "

evouring its contents in seconds. The man hand

to trust them, their kindness a stark contrast to the cold, uncarin

n, their sharp cries slicing through the tension in the room. The man mark, I'd truste

, Jack, his tone sharp and cold. "Dr. Harrison has a

en't just kidnappers-they were organ harvesters

in the room, but I sat silently, my mi

al they served us. When jack entered to check on us

you now?" Jack bark

e fork pierced Jack's neck, and blood sprayed as he

"Please, take us with you!" I hesitated for a moment, their desperate voices

sound of my heartbeat blu

had taken anoth

here was no one