Chapter 17: Alone in the Cage (Elena's POV)
The car keeps driving fast through dark roads. I sit in the back seat pressed against the door arms wrapped tight around myself. Daddy sits beside me silent now hand resting on his knee like he doesn't know what to do with it anymore. The driver up front says nothing just keeps eyes on the road.
My cheek still stings from the slap. Lip tastes like blood. I touch it careful feel the cut. Tears dry on my face sticky cold.
I wait.
Every second I wait for the sound of tires screeching for gunshots for Matteo's voice shouting my name. I picture it over and over. Them bursting from the shadows Luca shooting first Nico covering Matteo charging like he always does when he's mad. They would come. They promised. They always came before.
But the road s
