The Ripper (Infamous Guardians Book 1) by B. Ella

Author:B., Ella [B., Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Arella was changing Klaus’ bandage while Fleur fell asleep in the most unnatural position on the couch. I imagined that a woman in her situation was used to sleeping in uncomfortable ways. A fact that made me wish she hadn’t been the one who killed that motherfucker, so I could have tortured him first, so I could have made him feel everything she felt and more.

My brother, on the other hand, was acting strange. He couldn’t take his eyes off her, and when Arella finished working on him, he pulled down his T-shirt, then stood up and walked to the redhead, gently picking her up, careful not to wake her.

I still didn’t know what was going on with him. He hadn’t been himself since he saw her, and while he had his broody moments and bad days, this was different. I was almost a hundred percent sure he knew her, but how was a mystery to me.

“You shouldn’t carry anything for a few days,” Arella scolded. “Grimm can take her to bed.”

“Yeah, fuck that right off. First of all, I’m pretty sure she’s not comfortable around him because he unsettles people. Second of all, she’s so skinny I can barely feel her. She weighs like… fucking nothing,” he whispered back and set about carrying her up the stairs to his bedroom.

“Klaus, first of all, stop saying your brother unsettles people,” Arella spat out, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “She wouldn’t be safe right now if it weren’t for him.”

My heart flipped in my chest and my eyes settled on her, widening as I took in her stance. She was defending me in front of Klaus, for a so-called joke he always pulled. A joke people usually laughed at, but she wasn’t laughing. She felt insulted by it, bothered by the fact that my own brother said I unsettled people.

I did, but she didn’t like to hear it out loud.

“Duly noted, blondie,” Klaus winked at me. “And second of all?”

“Do you mind if we take the couch tonight?” she asked as she played with her fingers. “I want her to have a familiar face around when she wakes up, and while it’s clear that she’s somewhat comfortable with you, I don’t want her to feel like I just left her here after everything that happened.”

“Knock yourself out, blondie,” he smiled down at her. “Just don’t fuck on my couch.” He looked at me and I flipped him off, which finally ripped that smug grin out of him again.

I knew for a fact that my brother had never fully recovered from what happened to him when he was ten. I also assumed he saw a piece of Amaliya in Fleur, and that he wanted to help her exactly because he was now strong enough to protect her like he couldn’t protect his mother back then, but there was something more beneath the surface between him and the redhead, because he wouldn’t have had such a strong reaction to a total stranger.

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