C5

The night was cold and dark, it brought with it many dangers and with it one in particular. My fiancée's brother had seen me just before I did some shopping in a supermarket, when I saw him I ran desperately to the apartment that his sister and I were renting, in his family there was a tradition of getting engaged before establishing a courtship, otherwise the groom and the bride would be killed, yes, it sounded macabre, but it was the laws of the country where we lived. The woman's word was worth absolutely nothing.

Worst of all, he had an empire under his command and I was just a boy in love.

-I need you to get ready as soon as possible," I arrived with my breath hitching, shaking the body of Karina, my fiancée.

-What's the matter with you? -She opened her eyes, surprised at the way I arrived, "You look like you've seen the devil himself," she frowned.

-It's your brother...-I shook my head-I think he saw me at the supermarket and is coming after us with his thugs.

-Are you sure? -he