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

CHAPTER 19

JESPER POV

Jesper had never seen Kaz so bloodied and banged up-broken nose, split
lip, one eye swollen shut.

He was clutching his side in a way that made Jesper think at least one of his ribs was broken, and when he coughed into a handkerchief, Jesper saw blood on the white fabric before Kaz shoved it back into his pocket. His limp was worse than ever, but he was still standing, and Anika and Pim were with him

Bhagya was frowning behind him, also clutching her ribs.

Apparently, they'd left a heavily armed skeleton crew at the Slat in case Pekka got word of Kaz's coup and decided to try to make a territory grab.

"All Saints," Jesper said. "So I guess that went well?"

"About as well as expected." Bhagya sighs

Matthias shook his head in something between admiration and disbelief.
"How many lives do you have, demjin ?"

"One more, I hope." Kaz had wriggled out of his coat and managed to yank off his shirt, leaning on the sink in the bathroom.

"For Saints' sake, let me help you," said Y/N.

Kaz gripped the end of a bandage in his teeth and tore off a piece. "I
don't need your help. Keep working with Colm."

"Saints. What is wrong with him?" Y/N grumbled as they went back to the sitting room to drill Colm on his cover story.

"Same thing that's always wrong with him," said Jesper. "He's Kaz

Brekker."

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A little more than an hour later, Inej had slipped into the room and handed Kaz a note.

It was late afternoon and the windows of the suite were ablaze

with buttery gold light.

"Are they coming?" asked Nina.

Inej nodded. "I gave your letter to the guard at the door, and it did the

trick. They brought me directly to two members of the Triumvirate."

"Who did you meet with?" said Kaz.

"Genya Safin and Zoya Nazyalensky."

Wylan sat forward. "The Tailor? She's at the embassy?"

Kaz raised a brow. "What an interesting fact to forget to mention, Nina."

"It wasn't relevant at the time."

"Of course it's relevant!" Wylan said angrily. Jesper was a little

surprised. Wylan hadn't seemed to mind wearing Kuwei's features at first.

He'd almost seemed to welcome the distance it gave him from his father.

But that had been before they'd gone to Saint Hilde. And before Jesper had

kissed Kuwei.

Nina winced slightly. "Wylan, I thought you were coming to Ravka. You would have been able to meet Genya as soon as we were on the boat."

"We all know where Nina's loyalties lie," said Kaz.

"I didn't tell the Triumvirate about Kuwei."