piratefiction Chapter 721 Let's free him
Chapter 721 Let's free him
Chapter 721 Let's free him
"He will kill you if you move an inch further."
Lilou instantly froze and then retracted her hand in panic. She narrowed her eyes at Klaus cautiously, clutching her wrist closer to her chest.
"Is that true?" she asked Klaus, which the latter found stupid. Of course, he would shake his head profusely and deny it. He wasn't crazy like Fabian, who wouldn't deny his evil intentions. +
Lilou didn't buy it, though.
Keeping her eyes narrowed, she raised her eyes at the person who interrupted her. She cocked her head, seeing a man under a thick cloak stop several steps away from her. The hood over the man's head covered almost half of his face, and all she could see were his untrimmed beards and his narrow nose.
"Who...?" she muttered, knitting her brows and tilting her head to the side.
Claude, who was unlike her, could see her innocence in her eyes. His eyes softened as his breathing turned heavy, moving his gaze from her out of guilt.
"He will bite you until your wrist breaks if you let him go. Can't you see he is looking at you like a mad dog?" he continued, watching Klaus glare daggers at him.
Lilou frowned as her eyes fell on Klaus again. "Are you really planning to dupe me?" she asked, and as expected, Klaus shook his head without a second hesitation.
"But he said..." she sighed, scanning the dirt clinging onto Klaus's body, face, and hair. The food storage wasn't kept clean and some foods here were already rotting. That was why she would have to go to the market to buy a week's worth of food ever since living in this mansion.
Lilou noticed the red marks around Klaus' wrist and felt bad for him. Just what did this man do to deserve to be bound in here? She wondered. A part of her brain wanted to free the man, not because she pitied him blindly, but because she felt like this man was actually more like a victim. But the other logical part of her brain was telling her she shouldn't because Klaus was bound here for a 'hopefully' relevant reason.
"Let's free him," came out a quiet voice, but somehow, sounded clearer despite Klaus' echoing rumblings. Klaus and Claude looked at her while she shrugged under their gaze.
"I think he shouldn't be treated this way," she explained, almost bringing tears to Klaus' eyes. She looked at Claude and asked, "Was he lying? About being abducted for no reason?"
Lilou patiently waited for Claude's response, and when a minute had passed in silence, a shallow breath slipped past her nostrils. For some reason, although Klaus scared her a bit, she sympathized with him. Moreover, she didn't feel like Klaus would kill her. Even if he planned to, the other man seemed reliable and would protect her.
"Let's free him," she repeated with a smile.
"What will you do if he strikes you?" asked Claude, assuming this was all a part of Lilou's emphatic nature that could lead her to a dangerous situation.
Lilou cast Claude a look. She might've not seen his eyes or the entirety of his face, but she knew he had been staring at her. She could feel his gaze penetrating through that hood.
"You're here," she replied with a kinder smile. "I don't think you will let me fall in danger. You looked reliable."
Her words were akin to a knife slicing through his heart. Reliable? Claude lowered his eyes. Her trust left this bitter taste in his mouth. She was only saying that because she didn't know what he had done. Lilou was only smiling at him because she had no idea why she was in such a state or the reason they were here in the first place.
He wasn't reliable, but rather, he was nothing but an arrogant prick, who fell into an enemy's trap and dragged everyone into this mess. That was what he believed ever since Penny's death.
While Claude was having a moment to recompose himself, Lilou shifted her attention to Klaus. Her lips curled up into a warm smile, seeing that the man was almost on the verge of tears.
"Don't cause trouble, alright?" she reminded him with a brighter smile. "I know what they did to you is unreasonable, but we still have a problem at hand. You can wait for later and settle scores."