A Most Unlikely Hero, Vol 4 by Brandon Varnell

Author:Brandon Varnell [Varnell, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kitsune Incorporated
Published: 2018-08-11T18:30:00+00:00

Nyx yanked her sword from his shoulder. After she flicked the blood off, it transformed back into an armband, which she attached to her wrist.

More blood poured from his wound. He pressed a hand to it as if to stem the bleeding. However, that was like trying to turn off a broken faucet.

Nyx took a step back as he crumbled to the ground, his body feeling heavy. The pretty assassin continued to stare at him as his vision grew dim.

“ALEX!” a shout penetrated the haze of his mind.

Nyx’s head snapped up. Alex thought he saw her eyes widen, but he couldn’t be sure as, barely a second later, she soared into the air with a mighty flap of her wings and disappeared from sight.

“Alex! Alex!”

Another face filled his vision, the face of Gabrielle, the beautiful princess who lived with him. Her teary green eyes stared at him, and her lips twisted into a look of open-mouthed horror.

“Hey… Gabby…”

“W-what happened to you? You’re hurt! You’re bleeding!”

“Yeah…”

“H-hold a second! I’ll get you to the hospital.” Gabrielle lifted him into her arms. He almost felt like a bride. The thought should have been humiliating, but all he could think about was how funny it was.

He was beginning to feel sleepy. He really should get some rest. Yes, sleep sounded really nice right now.

The last thing Alex saw were tears spilling down Gabrielle’s face.

3

Alex woke up slowly, groggily, as if he’d been stuck in a vacuum and his mind had slowed due to oxygen deprivation.

He was lying on a hospital bed. The scent of antiseptics penetrated his nose, sharp and acidic. A white ceiling greeted him. The hum of machinery echoed around him, and the cords attached to his arms told him that his vitals were being monitored.

As his body kick-started awake, Alex became conscious of how sore he was. While he didn’t feel any pain, his chest ached, and his limbs felt heavy. Even so, it was more like the dull remnants of something that had already happened, a phantom pain from previous wounds.

They must have me on some kind of anesthesia.

Gentle murmurs and the feel of something grabbing his hand caused Alex to look down. Gabrielle was sitting on a chair by his bed, sleeping peacefully with her head resting against the sheets. Her face was turned toward him, so he could see the thin line that had become her lips. She was clutching his hand like a lifeline.

Her eyes were rimmed with red, signs that she had been crying. Guilt slammed into his gut with the force of dreadnaught, but he quelled it quickly. While he didn’t enjoy seeing the people that he cared about hurt, he couldn’t be blamed for what happened with Nyx.

Nyx… she had been crying when she stabbed him. Alex wondered if that meant that she truly hadn’t wanted to kill him, just as she said. Considering how brutal their fight had been, the swift and furious assault unleashed upon him, it was hard to believe that she felt remorse for what she’d done, but still…

… she had been crying.

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