THE BASTARD, eren yeager

𝐱𝐥𝐢𝐢, whole

THE BASTARD
chapter forty-two

this chapter is dedicated to ArminsPeachyAss
thank you for reading & for my stickers
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A guttural scream tore through [Name]'s lips as she thrashed against Pieck's grip, her nails desperately clawing at the other woman's arms, but it was to no avail.

Pieck had caught her too quickly, with too much force. The momentum sent [Name] stumbling, her feet nearly slipping. She barely managed to catch the end of the bed and push herself back from the sweat-slick man in front of her.

"Save the lamb!" Zeke howled, and the stench of old blood and disease made bile rise to her throat and panic surge in her chest.

"She's got ahold of the Queen!" someone shouted, as her knees gave out from underneath her. Her back hit the nightstand behind her, and glass shattered on the ground.

"Pieck, stop, stop!" [Name] yelled, her feet slipping on the shards of glass, but her pleas only served to fuel the woman's anger, and Pieck's voice cracked as she spoke.

"I never thought you'd make it this far. I never thought I'd have to be rid of you myself!"

The world was a blur as she was pulled closer to the delirious man she used to call husband. A thick cough made her stomach sink as she kicked and pushed back, nearly slipping in her desperation.

"Let me go!" [Name] shrieked, her throat raw.

"Pieck, unhand her!" a voice came from behind them, and Pieck turned, if only for a moment, granting a sliver of an opening.

Her eyes flickered to the woman's pale, thin arm. Before another second passed, her teeth found their way into Pieck's forearm, and she bit down hard, the taste of copper flooding her mouth instantly.

Pieck shrieked and pulled away for only a moment, but it was enough for [Name] to push backward. The impact sent them both to the ground.

She could hear voices, men scrambling, but it all seemed to ignite a fire underneath Pieck's feet. In an instant, she'd grabbed [Name]'s leg and tried to pull her back, dragging her body through the shards of glass.

"Guards!" [Name] shrieked, her hands trying to find something—anything—and they landed on the lower half of a wine goblet that had fallen and shattered on the ground.

"Is that all you do? Yell and cry, yell and cry!" Pieck shrieked as she dragged [Name] back. "Misery—that's what my life has been since you came here—"

[Name] landed a kick right in Pieck's face, and the woman  screamed as she fell to the floor. [Name] slid back in a frenzy, her hands getting caught in the glass.