A Gamblers Luck | Jesper Fahey

Bastard of the Barrel

Eliana Valentina knew the meeting with the Black Tips went well because she could hear the whooping of the Dregs reverberating throughout the Crow Club. She was so busy savoring the last few moments of peace while reading her book that she didn't notice the person behind her until they stuck their hands over her eyes. Knowing no one would be stupid enough to attempt to kidnap the Dregs assassin, especially in the middle of a well respected gambling hall; she said, "Hello Jesper."

"How do you always know its me?" The sharpshooter asked incredulously.

"Maybe because you do this to her everyday," said a female voice from behind her. Not noticing the second person until they spoke, Eliana jumped a bit.

"Saints Inej, a warning would be nice next time," she said with a glare.

The Suli girl just chuckled and shook her head softly, wisps of dark hair falling out of the tight coil she always wore. Jesper and Inej each took a seat next to Eliana and began explaining what happened with Geels and Big Bolliger.

"El you should have seen Geels face when Kaz threatened his girlfriend, it was priceless. Right Inej?"

"If you consider threatening innocent people a form of entertainment, then I guess," said Inej with a pointed glance at Jesper. Eliana rolled her eyes and said, "It's Kaz Brekker, Inej, I would expect nothing less from him."

"Well a little humanity might look good on him," the Suli spy replied disdainfully.

"I'm sure a lot of things would look good on him," Jesper murmured with a dazed look.

"Jesper!" Yelled Inej, nudging him in the shoulder playfully. Eliana chuckled softly, but as Jesper and Inej talked she couldn't help but wish it was her that Jesper thought of with that look.

The atmosphere of the Crow Club became considerably more subdued as Kaz Brekker walked into the building. Eliana, Jesper, and Inej were too busy arguing over knives, daggers, and guns to care, so as he walked up to the group he rapped his cane against the floor of the gambling hall. The three Dregs whipped their heads around at the sudden noise and made eye contact with a very pissed bastard of the barrel.

"My office. Now." He said through gritted teeth.

They watched as Kaz left as quickly as he entered.

Jesper looked towards Eliana. "What's his problem?"

"I don't know, but I feel sorry the sucker that pissed him off."

Edits: I cleaned up the grammar a little because it needed some work. Thank you guys so much for all the love on this fanfic, I really appreciate it! If anyone is interested, I started a Kaz Brekker fanfic called "Queen of Crows". This fanfic and Queen of Crows are also being uploaded to Ao3 if you'd prefer to read them on there. My Ao3 user is "london_23".