Albatross (Birds of Prey Book 1) by Karlee Berrios

Author:Karlee Berrios [Berrios, Karlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

The Greatest of Gifts

Caspian

Once I’m certain Bel is sound asleep, snoring away, I go in search of Fritz. There’s no way he’s sleeping, probably pacing to burn off the rage the same way I am. Thankfully, he’s already waiting for me, sitting on the couch he shared with Bel earlier.

I know I should find their familiarity concerning, but having someone else to look after her brings me comfort. He knows this world far better than I do, and he’s fantastic in bed. If I was going to trust anyone with her, it’d be him. She certainly doesn’t seem opposed to the idea, so who am I to keep her from her desires?

He hands me an amber-colored drink before commenting, “She’s a firecracker, that one. Yelling at you even while you’re more monster than man?” He whistles, “Brave girl.”

I sit and take a sip. “Indeed, she is. She shot me when we met,” I recall with a smile. Fritz’s laughter fills the room, and I’m granted a small semblance of peace, finally having something familiar around me. “She even yelled at me, in my true form, because I killed a few cops.”

“That does not surprise me in the slightest,” he remarks with a smile before turning serious. “So when do we kill this fucker?” I knew he’d want a piece of the filth who dared harm my girl.

“She does not want us to.” At that, he rolls his eyes, mirroring how I feel about that sentiment. “And as you know, I cannot leave her without being tracked by the hunters.”

“How? You have their little compass,” he crosses one leg over the opposite knee, relaxing into the couch.

I sigh, “I do not know. The two I killed made it sound as if they have an array of sensors for our kind. How have hunters not found you yet?”

“I’m sure they know exactly where I am, I am simply not enough of a threat for them to hunt me, plus I am constantly in a sea of mortal witnesses.”

“Not a threat?” I laugh, “You are one of the most powerful of our kind.”

With a shrug, he explains, “And yet I use it to deal blackjack and live quietly in a hotel room. Why should they come after me? I’m harmless unless crossed, and if they provoke me, they won’t live long enough to gain anything from it.”

I have to admit, he makes a point. “Well, once I get Belissenda back home, we can sneak away and take care of him.” The promise of releasing my fury has every inch of me begging to let the monster out.

He nods, then asks, “What will you do now that you have your answers? Apparently you are in no hurry to relieve her of her virginity,” he snickers.

“I am not worthy of the gift she wants to give, and she was not in a position to be doing that tonight anyway.” She needed rest after our game and the revelations about her past. “I suppose now we will go home in the morning.

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