Knight in bloody armor

Chapter 3: Dreams DO come true

"ETHAN STOP!" I yelled and he froze.

I bet it was a sight, I was scratched up, with tears streaming down my face, while on the dirt road, sitting on my legs, reaching out one of my arms to Ethan, with two men, one above the other with a raised fist, looking like a maniac, the other bleeding from his nose, and having a black eye.

"Please..." I said with more tears coming from my eyes.

"Y/n, darling, if I wasn't with you this piece of shit would have rapped you," Ethan spat, looking at me with wild eyes. "And I can't let anyone, other than me, touch you."

I flinched, what he was saying was true (well maybe not that last part), but still, he shouldn't kill someone for me.

"Ethan let's just let the king deal with him tomorrow morning." I tried to reason with him.

"Fine," he said letting the man go. "but you owe me."

He walked over to me grabbed my discarded basket and picked me up bridal style.

"What are you doing?" I asked putting my hands on his chest.

"Going with my original plan," he said continuing to walk. "I'm taking you to my home."

I didn't say anything, because I was a little bit afraid to ask. As he walked I didn't realize how tired I was, so I ended up falling asleep on his shoulder.

ETHAN POV

I had to protect her, but I also couldn't kill that thing in front of her.

I'll throw him in the dungeon and kill him tomorrow.

I̍̅̀̎̊ M͉̅ͮ͒ͤU̠҉̷̙ͦS̵̙͕̀̃T̨͈͗̌ͥ t̲̂̓ͩ̑ā̤̓̍͘ḳ̯͍̑ͦẹ̿͋̒̕ ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝ ā̤̓̍͘f̵͖̜̉ͅt̲̂̓ͩ̑ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝ t̲̂̓ͩ̑ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕ b̬͖̏́͢ā̤̓̍͘l̙͖̑̾ͣl̙͖̑̾ͣ, s̠҉͍͊ͅo̯̱̊͊͢ s̠҉͍͊ͅḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕s̠҉͍͊ͅ s̠҉͍͊ͅā̤̓̍͘f̵͖̜̉ͅẹ̿͋̒̕ w̦̺̐̐͟ỉ͔͖̜͌t̲̂̓ͩ̑ḣ̖̻͛̓ ḿ̬̏ͤͅẹ̿͋̒̕ f̵͖̜̉ͅo̯̱̊͊͢r̴̨̦͕̝ẹ̿͋̒̕v͒̄ͭ̏̇ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝!

I looked down and saw the most adorable thing in the world, y/n was sleeping on my shoulder, with a small smile.

God, she's so cute. Don't you worry I'll take you home and protect you forever?

I kissed her head and continued to my house. When I reached my home the sun was gone and the stars were out. I walked into my home and threw the basket somewhere while carrying y/n to our bed. I gently placed her on the bed, to let her sleep, while I changed. I came back and looked at her for a while.

Damn, she looks so uncomfortable in that outfit.

I gently took off her clothes and put her in one of my shirts, It was way too big for her but at least she wasn't in just her undergarments. She was still a little dirty but it was fine. I sat down on the bed with my back facing her, just thinking about today and all the events playing in order, until I felt hands wrap around my waist.

"Come to bed with me." I heard y/n mumble sleepy.

"Okay, just give me a minute to turn off the lights," I said quietly while I leaned in to kiss her head. "Then I'll come to bed."

I got up, again, to blow out the candle on my side of our bed. I laid down a wrapped my arms around her waist, with my chin on her head.

"I love you..." I whispered while she slept soundly in my arms.