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To live in shadows, a dungeon story Not alone

Author:Bork Category:Unreal Update time:2022-09-25 07:37:13

Time to start using these two. I will need to figure out what help they can bring. At least they already got them self some food. I guess they found the pan in the bandit camp.

"So If the two of you will be here for the foreseeable future, we will need to organise who and how to do things. Do you know anything about hunting?"

Harn finally moves from his crawling position and looks at me.

"A Little, enough to survive."

not much of a speaker, but it comes across.

"Then you will be in charge of the traps I put up in the vicinity. You need to go and check them every morning. Before we loose all light you will follow me out and learn were I put them and how. With your help we should be able to put them at a longer distance and get more prey. Bork..."

I turn to the man that is still making a grimace that supposed to be a smile.

"Your responsibility will be to guard here and get water every morning and evening. You have a cauldron in there, us it. " I point at the cave entrance and then at the stream.

"For tonight you will have to sleep out here. but tomorrow we make a small shelter for the two of you to sleep in. I have a few blankets that will help you keep warm. If you need more there should still be some at the camp down in the forest to use that I haven not gotten to yet."

Feeling happier that the pain seems to be a bit less I start to gather my snares, some basic cadeg I made and a bag with some seeds and berries. And start walking into the forest without waiting for Harn. He stands still for a while nd then run after me.

"Wolves?"

"They leave me alone and I give them some meat from what I catch each day. So far they haven´t taken me. heh"

"Mhm" He nods an follow me into the Forrest seeming to fully trust me.

Half an hour I sitting down on a fallen tree, I totality spent. Harn is sitting next to me. Everything hurts and the stomach pains makes it almost impossible to move. Its become completely dark and we are maybe half way done. I could not hide how hurt I am from him anymore. He seems to be mostly worried for me and I am thankful for him being here. the helps a bit with the loneliness and the pain is easier to deal with when I am not alone. He is a real fast learner when it comes to hunting and trapping. Everything makes me want to trust him, even if he is clearly a dangerous man.

"Boss, you´re badly hurt?"

I look at him and can only make a nod. The pain making it hard to speak.

"Go rest. I finnish, you find healing. Do not show Bork."

Harn should be fine putting out the rest of the traps him self. But he surprises me with the warning of Bork. Are they not companions and friends?

"I... can´t... act... normal..." The pain is intense and I know I can not hide this from Bork. I have no energy left to pretend.

"Hrmm. i fix, you rest."

Harn helps me up and with his help we slowly make our way back. I get a little energy back when I get closer and the pain lessens a bit, enough for me to walk on my own at least. When we are there Harn makes a sign for me to stop and then walks forward him self looking in each direction. I sit down in the grass watching him in the dark night. Its cloudy and only a little light from the moon shines down. suddenly I can feel a nuzzle in my side, its very gentle and then a rough tongue licks my wound carefully. I look down and see the wolf looking up at me with a worried look. I can now recognize it from the rest of the pack, it has a grey spot on its nose and its eyes has more of an amber tint than the others yellow eyes. I put my arm around it, almost feeling like it´s a pet and not a wild wolf. Together we sit there waiting for Harn.

A couple of minutes later The wolfe carefully get out of my grip and walks silently away into the dark, Just seconds later harn shows up from the direction of the cave.

"Bork sleeps. Bad guard, but helps"

Yeah, that is lucky for now but something that will be a bad thing in the future. Harn helps me sneak in to the cave without waking up Bork. Then he fixes my sleeping spot like a caring mother. This man ides a lot of surprises.

"Harn, do you have children?"

I can not help but ask him with how caring he acts.

"Not anymore..."

He turns around and start leaving cave after he light the campfire to give me some warmth.

"I guard tonight."

Fuck. I really wish I had not asked. Seems we all have some kind of horror in our past. I wounder if his is as fresh as mine. Thinking about this and how I really trust Harn no matter what now, I fall asleep. That night I dream of a face that I can not remember To wake up the next morning with tears in my eyes and an even worse pain. The energy is clearly draining completely, i have no idea how I will survive this. Even If I had the will to kill, I would not be able to anymore. then I hear low whispering outside.

"Come on Harn. Why won´t you let me into the cave? I can clearly see that your are **ing tired and need a rest. I only want some of his food. He has more than he needs and won´t notice if we take some of it."

"No"

seems that Harn decided to keep guarding me. Thank the heaven that my trust was not betrayed. Bork is clearly an ass and not much for rules or work. But Harn seems to be his opposite, how did those to end up together? I fixe some water to drink and lay down to keep resting.

The day goes by, i keep falling into sleep but wake up from the pain soon after. I feel feverish and I know that my death is coming. Finally I am not alone and that´s when I die? Shit... this **ing sucks. Now I am not even able to move from this spot anymore. Then I hear voices again.

"I know he is sick in there. I can **ing smell it. Let me in and we can kill him Harn. Think about it, if we kill him, maybe we get the whatever makes everyone so afraid of him? eh..."

Bork is not even trying to keep his voice down anymore. He do not see me as a threat and have full trust in Harn.

"No"

"For ** sake Harn. He is dying anyway. What can he do? Wasn´t I the one who helped you when you given up? Pay me back with this man."

"No"

"Move the ** away Harn, I don´t want to hurt you. But I will if you do not move right now."

It sounds like they are about to start fighting but I start to fall asleep again without the ability to keep listening or even defend my self.

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