HE SAVED ME THEN FUCKED ME

SCARLETT HILLS (FL) — 24YRS

ALEXANDER MARIO— 35YRS

SCARLETT POV

My pulse hammered in my throat as I darted through the narrow alleyway, shadows clinging to the cracked walls. The streetlights flickered above me like dying stars, mocking me with their brief flashes of light. Every corner I passed felt like it could be the one where they’d catch me. Every sound behind me was a reminder: I wasn’t running from strangers. I was running from my own family.

The Rossis.

I’d been raised in that house, fed from their table, shaped into their weapon. I owed them my life, and yet tonight I...