Devotion to Danger

Daniella

{Clara’s POV}

“Okay, okay..” I heard his voice, as he got closer to me. He grabbed my shoulder softly, as I turned my head up to look at him. “You’re okay now.. I’m not going to hurt you. You didn’t do anything wrong, they did. It’s okay, you’re okay now.. you’re safe now.” He said softly, pulling me into a gentle hug. “Adrien, I’m going to prepare some guest rooms for the night, the doctor will be here first thing in the morning, then the two of you are free to go. I can’t in good conscience let you two go without getting her properly looked at. I’ll send for a female doctor, that way she can get proper care, but still feel a bit more comfortable.” He said, looking down at me. “We’ll get you a room set up, for now, are you hungry, thirsty?”

I shook my head, but at that very moment my stomach decided to betray me, as the sound of my stomach growling filled the quiet room, followed my thundering laughter from Viktor, Dimitri, and Adrien. “You always were a bad liar!” Adrien chuckled.

If only he knew.. if only he knew that I saw him cleaning up that house.. blood and bodies everywhere.. but I can’t let him know that I know. I don’t think he’d tell Viktor.. but I can’t risk that ever being thrown out there. Those men.. they said that I’d be thrown to the ocean.. I’d have been killed if their boss caught me snooping around. If they knew what I saw.. Dimitri and Viktor may kill me, so I just had to keep it a secret, even from Adrien.

I chuckled along, “Guess I’m hungrier than I thought.” I said, looking down at the floor. “I’m fine though, really, I can wait..” I finished, looking up at all of them.

“It’s fine, our chef went home for the night, but I’ll whip you up something while Dimitri and Adrien get your room ready.” Viktor said, smiling down at me. “Follow me to the kitchen.” He said, leading the way.

I followed behind him, checking behind me and seeing my brother and Dimitri giggling, and shushing one another. They were acting.. like a couple.. were they a couple? Why didn’t he tell me that he was dating someone? Though, I guess we haven’t had much time to talk, to be honest, he just told me that he was into guys a few weeks ago. I’m happy for him, he looks happy, he finally looks happy. As we made it into the kitchen Adrien and Dimitri took off up the stairs, I walked to the island, and Viktor grabbed my waist, lifting me up to sit on it.

He pulled his hands back, realizing what he’d done. “Sorry..” he chuckled nervously.

“It’s fine.” I smiled. “Thank you.. for everything.. seriously, you saved my life.. I can’t thank you enough.” I said, looking up at him.

He turned, walking to the fridge, before opening it up. “Anything sound especially good?” He asked.

“Nope, but I’m not picky, whatever sounds good to you is fine with me. I just can’t have bananas, I’m allergic.” I said, looking up to the ceiling.

“So you’ve never had a banana?” He asked, looking stunned as he turned to look at me.

I couldn’t help but giggle. “I did.. once.. that’s how we found out I was allergic.”

“So, how allergic are you?” He asked, leaning on the island next to me.

“Severely.. like, put me in the hospital allergic.” I said, chuckling. “Anything else, I’m fine though.” I smiled.

“Alright..” he said, pulling out his cellphone. “How about we order some Chinese takeout, I know that Dimitri and Adrien both love it.”

“Sure.” I smiled up at him. “By the way.. how long have they been together?” I asked.

He chuckled. “They’ve been acting like that forever, sneaking off, and playing around.. they act like we don’t know, but I figured it out a while back. It does help though that Dimitri tells Daniella everything, he told her about their relationship a few months back, so it’s been going on a while.” He smiled. “I’ll be honest, it’s nice to see Dimitri so happy.. we had a rough time as a family for a while, but things are finally beginning to work out for the best.”

“I’m glad that Adrien found someone who makes him smile and laugh like that.. he deserves to be happy.” I smiled back.

We paused for a moment, looking into one another’s eyes, before he clapped and turned away. “Right, I’ll order takeout.” He said, picking up his phone and calling someone. He walked out of the kitchen, leaving me on the island.

I waited for him to come back, but instead a woman with short, bleach blonde hair walked in. She looked almost exactly like Dimitri, and when she saw me on the counter she froze, looking over me. “Who the he** are you, and what are you doing in here?” She asked, sneering at me.

I slid off the island, walking over to her and holding out my hand. “Hi, I’m Clara, Adrien’s..” I began, but she cut me off.

“Adrien has a boyfriend, so why don’t you just fu** off you little home wrecking tra**!” She shrieked.

I closed my eyes, and shook my head. “Sister.. I was going to say, sister..” I said, looking up at her. “I’m Adrien’s younger sister. You must be Daniella.” I smiled up at her.

“Oh.. oh, I’m so sorry about that.. I just..” she sighed. “I get so territorial about my brothers.. and Adrien and Dimitri have been together for so long.. I was just worried that you were here to try to steal him away or something.. I’m really bad at letting people finish their sentences..”