Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 2] by Fuyu Aoki

Author:Fuyu Aoki
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Chloe awoke.

An unfamiliar ceiling. An unfamiliar scent. Where was she? What was this place? Dazed and confused, she slowly sat up; her body felt like lead.

“You’re awake.”

She gasped in shock. Sitting by the bed was the young man that had saved her earlier. “Oh! Um, um... Um.”

“Relax.”

“...Okay.” Chloe took a deep breath in, then out. Her mind finally began to connect the dots.

“Thank you so much for saving me,” said Chloe with a timid bow.

“Of course,” the young man replied.

As she recalled the course of events that had just taken place, Chloe’s pulse quickened. The more she stared at his face, the more her composure faltered. She averted her gaze in embarrassment.

Get it together, Chloe! She scolded herself in her mind. First, she needed to understand her current situation. “Could I ask y—”

“Lloyd Stewart. You can call me Lloyd.”

“Oh! Yes. I’m Chloe, Chloe Ar—” She hesitated. On a whim, Chloe made the split second decision to keep her last name secret—for whatever good that would do after revealing her real first name.

“Chloe? Understood.” Lloyd accepted her introduction without a second thought, much to her relief.

“Um, so where...?”

“This is my home. Under proper procedure, I would have us wait and let the guards take custody of you, but since you fainted, and considering the circumstances, I took special action.”

Chloe squirmed. “I... Thank you for everything.” She bowed her head deeply once more.

“It was nothing. You woke earlier than I expected, which saved me some trouble. I was thinking about what I’d do if you didn’t wake for two or three days.”

“How long was I out?”

“Five hours. About as long as it takes for me to finish a book, plus a little extra.”

Chloe looked down and noticed the book resting by his feet. “Um...”

Lloyd grunted inquisitively.

“Have you been here the whole time?”

“Yes?” Lloyd replied. “I didn’t know if your condition would worsen, so I stayed just in case. Of course, I’ve been to the bathroom, and I made dinner as well, so no, technically I haven’t been in this chair the whole time.”

“I...I see.” Chloe responded, a little befuddled. Though grateful that he had stayed by her side the entire time, she couldn’t help but sense some oddness from the way he gave his reply so matter-of-factly.

“So are you feeling better?”

“Yes I feel much better thanks to you. My fever has gone down too.”

Though Chloe felt that a restful nap in a warm bed was enough for her to recover from the exhaustion and the rain, Lloyd seemed surprised. His eyes widened. “You recuperate quickly. You were running quite the temperature.”

Chloe giggled uncomfortably. “I...I guess.”

She knew that while she did have a mild fever, there was a separate and very different reason for her sudden increase in body temperature. Not that she had any intention of divulging this information to Lloyd voluntarily, of course.

Lloyd’s demeanor turned professional all at once. “Now that you’re feeling better, I need to ask you a few questions about your—”

Gurgle.

Chloe’s stomach cried out in hunger.

“Your face is

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