fi

he stranger to my home and put him on the fairly small c

hands shook as the familiar scent of the crimson liquid tainted and stuck

ering but I needed to help the green ey

small cuts on his abdomen, chest, and arms and stitching up the deep gash on his torso. It bled so much and it fre

ind as it started to conjure dangerous thoughts and do

fall of his chest, it was so scary knowing how he could

hing I was used to but wasn't something I haven't experienc

nd grim thoughts clouding a person's head, it was the perfect mixup to make one lo

against the armrest of my chair and checked his temperature, thankful that color bega

l bruises that adorned his beautiful face. Blushing

ver to the closet to get one of my oversized hoodies to

ong breath of relief and brought a clean white slightly damp washcloth, t

apparent punch or a multitude of them. High and shaped cheekbones. A sharp jawline and a n

stranger for a few seconds, I found my hand want

ke a creep even

ran the tips of my fingers over the unshaved five o'clock shadow that his

nitely wa

zz

zz

t to find the phone, so I reached my ha

the phone and his wallet since I didn't want to lean over him to reach for his phone, and

without a code and constantly buzzing with tex

him know about the condition of the strange

zz

f to answer the phone call. As I pressed the green button I heard

body's friend and e

he fuck

been a

the shit o

ht you'd

erson and his companions were shouting was the only thing I managed to do as

ng it on the speaker to not da

oth

le

n a foreign language that I thought might be Russian. Then,

hoping for the best out

the other man on the other line murmured rudely, and quit

learned the s

suited him

g on the other line show

ered feeling my stomach twist with nervousness, t

ly needed to step back a

lai uttered, softly as if trying not to scare me off, Which was weird

y dumbarse, I

rd me so that I wouldn't have to repeat it because I was still tired, a bit disoriented from my

e where you live so that I can pick him up, let's say, tomorrow at eleve

e known better. I didn't think I could afford t

f person told someone that they hadn't even seen before their address? I was san

aith and probably of what would

reaths

hale. Inha

is like them

er turmoil he reassured me that no harm will befall me especially after he

X," I said, slightly

for taking care of Nadei, sweetheart," Nikolai chirped gr

d, hurriedly cutting off the call before hearing

rd people and

ed to talking to other people except Carter who was my

oan since I was still tired, but had to get to Mrs. Galahar's ho

er house and plants till she came back from her trip. So, I had to n

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tretch up a bit before heading to the ba

it on how my mood was. I wore high waisted black pants w

reakfast. I head to my small kitchen, pull out the ingredients to make some chocolate

s and water next to him in case he woke

tray along with the painkillers, water, and some ora

rushed my teeth again, washing the

g to the Galahar residence to do my

ome to wait for Nikolai to come and take his brother that was startin

was going to deal with the knocked

feel for him, I couldn't seem to not want to help him out even if he might tu

ute crap but I couldn'

I put my hand on his shoulder to nudge him slightly, his hand had caught my wrist in a loose grip as he started

d scared nature kicking in, he brought my palm to his cheek and mur

at the hell was