THESE BROKEN VOWS (Kazbrekker x Fem!reader) [ book version]

CHAPTER 26

🗡️INEJ P.O.V🗡️

The guards were moving too fast.

For the second time that night, Inej
made herself stumble, brining Y/N down with her.

"Move," the soldier snapped in Kerch, dragging her forwards.

"You're going too quickly."

He gave her arm a hard shake.

"Stop stalling."

"Don't you want to meet our inquisitors?" the other asked them.

"They'll get you both talking."

"But you won't look so pretty after they're through."

They laughed, and Inej's stomach turned.

She knew they'd spoken in Kerch to make sure she and Y/N understood.

She thought she might be able to take them, despite their guns and even
without her knives.

Her hands weren't bound, and they still thought they had a disgraced prostitute on their hands.

Heleen had called her a criminal,
but to them, she was only a little thief in scraps of purple silk.

Just as she was considering making her move, she heard other footsteps
headed their way.

She saw the silhouettes of two more men in uniform striding towards them.

Could she and Y/N manage four guards on their own? Unarmed?

She wasn't sure, but she knew that if they left this corridor behind, it was all over.

She glanced again at the banner in the glass enclosure.

It was now or never.

She hooked her leg around the ankle of the guard to her left.

He pitched forwards, and she slammed her hand upwards, breaking his nose.

The other raised his gun. "You're going to pay for that."

"You won't shoot us. You need information."

"I can shoot you in the leg," he sneered, lowering his rifle.

Then he crumpled to the ground, a pair of beaten-up shears protruding
from his back.

The soldier standing behind him gave a cheery wave.

"Jesper," she gasped in relief. "Finally."

"I'm here, too, you know," said Wylan.

The guard with the broken nose moaned from the floor and tried to lift
his gun.

Y/N gave him a good hard kick to the head.

He didn't move again.

"Did you manage to get hold of a big enough diamond?" Jesper asked.