A few hours later, Irina entered her brother's room.
"How are you?" Irina sat on the bed next to Monto. She caressed his wounds gently, but he remained silent.
"I am sorry," Irina applied some cream on his wounds as she continued, "But please understand, I did everything to protect you."
Monto's expression turned ugly.
"Slapping me multiple times in front of everyone is your definition of protecting me?"
Monto was incensed. She had already humiliated him, but now she was even justifying it as protecting him?!
Irina sighed deeply. She put away the medicinal cream, and in a serious tone asked him, "Do you know who Zed is?"
"Of course I know!" Monto had collected information about Zed after the embarrassing episode.
"If you truly knew, then you wouldn't be angry. Instead, you would be trembling in fear," Irina bitterly remarked.
