Redde Tragedie

Redde Tragedie

Bethany Donaghy

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Introduction

"Din første oppgave er, jeg vil at du skal klippe håret mitt og barbere skjegget mitt."
"H-Hva?" stammer jeg.
Jeg tar et dypt pust, prøver å roe de skjelvende hendene mine mens jeg først plukker opp saksen.

Jeg lar fingrene gli gjennom de mørke lokkene hans, kjenner tykkelsen og vekten. Stråene snor seg rundt fingertuppene mine som levende skapninger, som om de er forlengelser av hans kraft.

Øynene hans borer seg inn i meg, deres grønne intensitet gjennomborer sjelen min. Det er som om han kan se gjennom hver eneste tanke og begjær, avsløre råheten inni meg.

Hvert strå som faller til bakken føles som en bit av hans identitet som blir kastet, og avslører en side av ham som han holder skjult for verden.

Jeg kjenner hendene hans bevege seg oppover lårene mine for plutselig å holde hoftene mine, noe som får meg til å spenne meg under berøringen hans...

"Du skjelver." Kommenterer han likegyldig, mens jeg kremter og mentalt forbanner de rødmende kinnene mine.

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Tragedie finner seg selv i hendene på sin Alfas sønn som har kommet tilbake fra krigene for å finne sin make - som tilfeldigvis er henne!

Som en nylig avvist ulv, finner hun seg selv utvist fra flokken sin. Hun flykter i all hast og går om bord på et mystisk godstog i håp om å overleve. Lite vet hun at denne avgjørelsen vil kaste henne inn i en farlig reise fylt med fare, usikkerhet og en konfrontasjon med verdens mektigste Alfa...

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Chapter 1

Tragedys POV

Mens jeg fortsatte å feie gulvet, holdt jeg hodet lavt, takknemlig for den nye hetten jeg hadde strikket til meg selv kvelden før, som holdt meg skjult...

I kveld var det en betydningsfull begivenhet, noe som dessverre betydde at herskapshuset var fullt av tjenestepiker, kokker og vakter - travlere enn vanlig.

"Æsj, jeg vil ikke ta badene!" hørte jeg en kvinnestemme klage, mens jeg prøvde å holde meg for meg selv og fokusere på å feie gulvet.

"Bare la Tragedy gjøre det - hun elsker det!" fniste en annen stemme, som fikk meg til å spenne meg ved lyden av navnet mitt.

Jeg hadde håpet å gå ubemerket, skjult under hetten min, men det virket som om jeg var for optimistisk.

"TRAGEDY!" en av jentene ropte, og jeg rykket til ved den skarpe tonen - innså at de nå sto rett foran meg.

"J-Ja?" Jeg løftet øynene og møtte det gjennomtrengende blikket til tenåringsjenta.

"Rengjør badene, så fullfører jeg feiingen din!" krevde hun, uten rom for diskusjon, og jeg kunne bare nikke som svar.

"S-Selvfølgelig," stammet jeg, og strakte armen for å gi henne kosten min...

I et øyeblikk rykket jenta kosten mens den fortsatt var i grepet mitt, og dro meg fremover med den. Jeg falt og landet hardt på knærne på betonggulvet med et dunk - sugde luft gjennom tennene ved den umiddelbare smerten jeg følte.

Latter og fnising fylte luften mens jeg raskt kom meg på føttene igjen og skyndte meg mot døren, desperat etter å unnslippe det kvelende rommet så raskt som mulig.

Jeg holdt blikket festet på føttene mine, lettet da latteren forsvant med hvert skritt jeg tok bort fra kjøkkenet.

Jeg bestemte meg for å starte med de østlige badene, lengst unna de andre som jobbet, og håpet at når jeg kom tilbake, ville de andre tjenestepikene ha fullført sine oppgaver.

Sukkende stoppet jeg ved et lagerrom for å samle de nødvendige forsyningene til rengjøringen av badene. Til tross for urettferdigheten ved å måtte ta på meg ekstra arbeid fordi de andre ikke gadd, var jeg takknemlig for ensomheten det ga.

Jeg følte meg alltid tryggere når jeg var alene...

I kveld var det Alphas sønns match-up, natten han skulle komme tilbake fra de brutale krigene for forhåpentligvis å finne sin make.

Jeg var ikke spesielt begeistret for det, siden det betydde at hvert medlem av flokken, inkludert meg selv - en svakling - måtte delta på festen.

Hvis det ikke hadde vært for flokkens tradisjon, ville jeg sannsynligvis blitt tvunget til å gjemme meg bort på rommet mitt - ute av syne, ute av sinn, siden jeg vekket avsky hos de fleste her.

Med et sukk dyttet jeg opp døren til det første badet og begynte umiddelbart å rengjøre.

Heldigvis var dette badet ikke så ille; det ble sjelden brukt med mindre det var en begivenhet - som i kveld. Men jeg kunne ikke la være å tenke at det ville bli mitt ansvar å rengjøre det igjen i morgen, etter festen.

Jeg fokuserte på rengjøringen, skrubbet hver krok og krik, og etterlot badet friskt og innbydende.

Etter å ha pakket sammen utstyret mitt, forlot jeg rommet og gikk til det neste på listen... dette er ikke så ille!

Mens jeg gikk langs de uhyggelige korridorene, var den eneste lyden som fulgte meg hviningen fra hjulene på bøtta mot tregulvet. Jeg stoppet kort for å se ut av vinduet, og observerte en flom av aktivitet mens biler og krigere lastet av lastebilene sine.

De må ha kommet tilbake allerede...

Jeg beundret de fancy kjøretøyene, noen av dem var unike bilmodeller jeg aldri hadde sett før. Luksusen de representerte føltes som en fjern drøm, noe jeg bare kunne forestille meg å eie en dag...

"Hva faen?!" Jeg hoppet nesten ut av skinnet mitt, snublet bakover ved lyden av en dominerende mannsstemme ved siden av meg.

Hjertet mitt raste, adrenalinet strømmet gjennom årene mine fra inntrengningen... men jeg holdt hodet lavt, visste bedre enn å møte mannens øyne...

"Du kan ikke være det!" Han plutselig raste, slo en knyttneve mot veggen, stemmen hans fylt med ren sinne, men jeg våget ikke å se på ham direkte.

Jeg var ikke sikker på hva som hadde gjort ham så rasende eller om det i det hele tatt var rettet mot meg, men jeg holdt blikket lavt, nektet å utfordre ham.

"SE PÅ MEG, DUST!" stemmen hans buldret, plutselig krevende min oppmerksomhet mens jeg gispet...

Motvillig lot jeg øynene mine fly opp for å møte hans—stein-kalde, følelsesløse, iskalde.

Pusten hans ble raskere, og han stirret nedover gangen mot meg, ansiktstrekkene harde og truende. Han var ingen ringere enn Alfaens sønn.

"Al-Alfa..." stammet jeg, stemmen min skjelvende, forsøkte å vise min ytterste underkastelse til ham. Jeg kunne ikke forstå hvorfor han så ut som om han ville ødelegge meg.

Det var lyder av bevegelse neste, da han gikk over treverket, lyden ekko gjennom korridoren, til den store hånden hans grep rundt halsen min.

I det øyeblikket huden vår kom i kontakt, føltes det som om jeg ble satt i brann, hendene mine skalv fra den ukjente følelsen som danset over huden min.

Munnen min åpnet og lukket seg, sommerfugler flakset i magen min fra berøringen av hånden hans, til tross for det hule faktum at den faktisk grep halsen min...

"HVA ER NAVNET DITT?!" Han spyttet ut, de døde øynene hans bare centimeter fra mine egne.

Desperat grep jeg håndleddet hans, ba stille om at han skulle løsne grepet sitt.

Motvillig slapp han taket akkurat nok til å gi meg rom til å puste, og jeg gispet, takknemlig for den dyrebare luften jeg ikke hadde innsett at jeg hadde blitt nektet før nå. Han ruvet over den lille rammen min, en skremmende tilstedeværelse...

"Tr-Tragedy, herr," mumlet jeg, stemmen min fylt med et snev av forlegenhet.

"Tragedy?" Han fnyste, tilsynelatende underholdt.

Den varme følelsen over huden min vedvarte fortsatt, nektet å forsvinne.

"Etternavn?" Presset han meg videre, og jeg tygget på leppen, funderte på svaret.

"Jeg... jeg har ikke... noen foreldre, herr," hvisket jeg, mer ydmyket av innrømmelsen.

Med det slapp han halsen min helt, og fikk meg til å kollapse på gulvet ved føttene hans. Gispende etter pusten, kjente jeg innsiden min vri seg i plutselig smerte...

"Jeg, fremtidig Alfa Derrick Colt av Månelyst-pakken, avviser deg, Tragedy, ulvunge av Månelyst-pakken, og jeg velger å bryte alle bånd med deg til min død!"

Ordene stakk gjennom meg som knust glass som stakk mot huden min, mens den harde virkeligheten av situasjonen begynte å sive inn... brystet mitt strammet seg i smerte av ordene hans.

Jeg var hans make...

Han avviste meg...

Jeg hadde blitt kastet til side bare minutter etter å ha møtt ham!

Rystet av smerten av båndet som ble revet fra sjelen min, stønnet og hulket jeg på gulvet mens han fortsatte-

"Jeg, fremtidig Alfa, forviser også deg, Tragedy, fra Månelyst-pakken! Du har én time på deg til å forlate vårt land, eller du vil bli jaktet ned og henrettet som en rømling! Kom deg ut av mitt syn - bikkje!"

Hans neste ord svir som ingen andre, en skarp påminnelse om min verdiløshet i hans øyne... i alles øyne!

"Månegudinne, du har fornærmet meg! Jeg kommer tilbake fra krig for å bli presentert en så svak skapning som min make? IKKE SNAKK OM DET!" Han fortsetter å frese, før støvelen hans treffer siden min, og sender meg over gulvet.

Jeg hostet og spyttet, hivende etter pusten mens jeg klamret meg til den nå blåmerkede siden min...

"KOM DEG TIL HELVETE AV MITT LAND!" Han raser, og i det øyeblikket krasjer realiseringen ned over meg - jeg hadde offisielt blitt forvist fra pakken min!

Hvis jeg ikke dro umiddelbart, ville lukten min endre seg fullstendig, og de ville jakte meg ned som en rømling...

Med et siste blikk på den skjebnesbestemte Alfaen, ruvende høy foran meg, kroppen hans stiv av sinne, ansiktet hans rødt av raseri, følte jeg vekten av forvisningen legge seg over skuldrene mine...

Munnen min åpnet og lukket seg, tårer strømmet nedover ansiktet mitt, og jeg innså at det ikke var noe mer jeg kunne gjøre eller si... så jeg snudde meg og løp...

Jeg spurtet så fort føttene mine kunne bære meg, vinden pisket mot ansiktet mitt, ekkoene av hans harde ord ringende i ørene mine. Smerten i hjertet mitt matchet den brennende smerten i bena, men jeg kunne ikke stoppe.

Jeg måtte komme meg ut derfra og fort!

Med hvert skritt kunne jeg føle båndene av pakkelojalitet løsne, båndene som en gang hadde koblet meg til Månelyst-pakken, oppløses i fragmenter av knuste drømmer.

Jeg var alene nå, en fullstendig utstøtt, fratatt enhver identitet og tilhørighet jeg hadde her... hvis man i det hele tatt kunne kalle det det.

Jeg var nå en rømling...

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