Alejandro [discontinued]

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24 hours earlier

I was surrendered by darkness while lying down in my bed. The moonlight lighted up inches of my room as I was looking at the white ceiling, not being able to sleep.

By now, I was used to it, the sleepless nights. I - with no doubt had insomnia and it was nothing I was proud of. And if I could, I'd change it, but I unfortunately, can't.

I remember having it from a young age, always not being able to sleep without being curled up in my fathers shoulders.

But time changes, and so does life. My father isn't the one by my side at night, whispering soft things in my ear and telling me fairytales.

Instead, it's the pills. It's the pills that's making me drown in sleep, and I wish it was enough with only one pill, but no. It wasn't. Instead of one pill, it was three, sometimes more.

And believe me, they wouldn't help. Because again, I'd wake up, drown in my sweatiness as my heart'd be throbbing, violently, as if it was going to jump out of its place in any second.

But it was odd, though. None in the family suffered from insomnia more than me. Heck, they'd be sleeping like heavy rocks. And I envied them. Every single one.

Because while I was up, suffering from my insomnia, they were all sleeping peacefully and not having to wake up once during their sleep while I did.

But then again, it's not their fault really. It's not their fault they gave birth to an fucked up girl with insomnia.

My mind drifted away as my eyes were fixed on the ceiling, and slowly, I found myself fighting the urge to keep my eyes open, shutting them slightly I found myself welcomed by sleep.

• • •

I was woken up by the loud howls that echoed in the silent night.

There was noises, loud harsh ones, coming from everywhere. And it definitely did not sound good. We never heard howls in the middle of the night, it was always calm here.

My door was shut open harshly, leaving a loud thud after colliding with the wall, making me flinch.

In came my sister, with a horrified expression.

"Wake up, wake up! We're being attacked, there's wolves everywhere, ohmygod wake up!" My sister, Alina, rambled, panic taking over the most of her features.

While I had insomnia, my sister had paranoia and panicked faster than the wind, even if it was because of small things, but this wasn't, I guess.

With wide eyes I sit up and rub my eyes. So much for a good sleep, I even fell asleep without the help of any pills that night.

"Calm down, inhale," I said, uttering to her to do the same as I inhaled massive air. "Exhale." I exhaled the air I was holding, my chest rising and settling along with my actions. We repeated the acts numerous of times until Alina was completely calm.

"Now tell me, what exactly is going on?" I raised my eyebrow in question, waiting for her response.

"I don't know, we're being attacked, there's wolves everywhere, I'm scared, Allie, they're big, really big." Alina trembled, tears escaping her eyes as she started shaking.

I got up from bed and wrapped my arms around her as she sobbed into my shoulder.

Another howl echoed, making both me and Alina jump in fear. "Where's father, Alina?"

Alina never stopped shaking and her sobs only became violently and violently. "I - I don't know, he went out with the others."

Nodding my head slightly, even if she couldn't see me, I hugged her tightly.