Alpha Ren ✔️

Chapter Two

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Word Count: 1656

~Brielle

This isn't going to be easy.

Boat's come in from Ren's island four times a day, I've come to notice in these past few weeks. One glides in early in the morning as I wake, another just before lunchtime breaks. Late afternoon, as patrons sip their tea and enjoy the sight of the lake, another boat finds itself in the dock. The last one often arrives just as we are closing up for the day, once the sun has fallen and night has consumed the lake.

That's the time I plan to smuggle onto the boat. When Linda has left, and I'm expected to lock up for the night.

My desperation to get onto the boat has lead to an obsession. The curiosity of what Ren's island might involve mixed with the poor amount of pay I receive, which barely has covered the cost of new shoes recently.

Raven is no longer interested. I first pitched the idea to her two weeks ago. She has shook her head and told me to be quiet. I was, for a day and a half. Then I approached her again. She quickly informed me her mother was sick, and she had no other choice but to stay here and look after her. I promised I would be back to help her.

Today is the day I escape.

I wrote out a note for Linda this morning. I had to apologise for leaving her like this, but I have no other choice. Not when life may be better on Ren's island. Of course, I don't know these things, but I have no other idea how to make things better.

I've immaculately created my plan for tonight.

Linda will leave me with the key and wish me goodnight, just after the boat arrives. Instead of locking the heavy double doors the close the main section of the docks outside from the inside, I'll peer out the small window near the ceiling to make sure the captain and his crew have removed themselves before I sneak out. Once I'm on the ship, I'll hide until they depart an hour later, and reach the island.

From there, I haven't got a plan. Within my mind, Ren's island is a mystery surrounded in fog, an unknown yet to be explored.

But regardless, I'm excited.

"Someone's happy," Linda notices while I was wiping the last table for the night. For a moment, my heart skips, wondering if she figured it out, that I'm escaping tonight. "Have you met someone?"

I startle. "Oh...No, I'm only really ever at work."

Linda has that suspicious smile on her face, as if she's watching me lie right in front of her. I know she believes I go out at nights and drink like Raven does. That couldn't be further from the truth. I'm either too exhausted, planning out my escape to Ren's island, or the idea seems repulsive. Especially when Raven comes to work in the morning complaining about a headache and spending too long in the bathroom.

"You know, I have had a few customers compliment you on your kindness, on your appearance," Linda tells me, walking over to help me stack the chairs on the table. "I think you're one of the favourites."

I shake my head at her, as if to hide my blush. "Hardly."

"Well it's true," Linda says, taking a chair off me to prop it on top of another. "Most Loyalty Pack members eyes always turn out hazel at birth. The fact that you got green was pretty lucky."