Page 89 of Salvatore

“That good, huh?” She focuses out her side window, not bothering to press further as we travel along Route 40 East toward the outskirts of the city.

My watch vibrates again.

Matthew

I’m coming down to get you. You’d better not be fucking in the back seat.

Ten minutes later.

Matthew

I should’ve known you’d bail without a thought to leaving us in this mess. Right on brand, you worthless motherfucker.

Given the amount of times my siblings have discredited me, you’d think my resentment for the accusations would’ve worn off.

No such luck.

“They’ve noticed we’re gone?” Ivy speaks to the window. “Will they come after us?”

I clench the steering wheel. “We’re not on the run from my family.”

“Are you sure about that?”

I don’t fucking run. From anyone.Foranyone. “Running implies fear, Ivy, which I don’t have.”

“How mentally stable of you,” she drawls. “But just so you know, I have enough for both of us, which is why I’d still really appreciate knowing where the hell we’re going.”

“The airport.” I take the exit onto Eastern Boulevard.

“And then?” She turns to face me, those all-consuming eyes eating me the fuck up.

“I have a place outside Charlottesville. You can hide there for a while.”

“Charlottesville? How long will I have to wait at the airport for a direct flight at this time of night? Someone will find?—”

“Private airport. Non-commercial flight.”

Her eyes narrow. “You have a jet?”

“Helicopter.”

Her brows raise. “Color me impressed.”

I scoff. “Well, it’s nice to know aviation is what finally clenched the deal.”

She huffs a half-hearted laugh, the humor short-lived before she returns her attention outside.

I can feel her uncertainty.Havefelt it ever since she found me sitting on her bed in that vulgar pink room of torture. “Do you want to talk about it?”

“About what?” she asks.

“What they did to you.”

She stiffens, her height increasing at least an inch. “Hard pass.”

“Once we’re settled I can get you medical attention. I’ll arrange whatever you need.” Clothes. Food. Relentless vengeance.

I can’t exactly bring those three men back to life to kill them more viciously, but I can sure as fuck figure out how to end Gabriel and her brother in ways that will go down in history.

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