Betrayed at midnight

I snap my eyes open by the sound of my ringing tone. I glare at the window revealing the sky, I notice it is already evening time, I feel a bit energized by the nap I had. Although the sky does look a bit gloomy like it would rain, if it does then I am screwed, I wonder if the other rooms are like this as well. Maybe if I marry Xavier then I would not have to sleep in a room with a broken ceiling. 

Snap out of it Larissa! You are never marrying Xavier. Not a chance. 

I gaze at my phone and suddenly remember what woke me up. I glare at the caller ID and realize it was a call from my friend, Angela. Angela is practically the only friend I kept after leaving the Moonfang pack and that is because she never gave up on me.

After I left town, Angela still kept in touch with me, she is the only person in the Moonfang pack that never looked down on me for once when I was still a member of the Moonfang pack. 

I pick up my phone and I am about to dial her number when the door suddenly opens wide and no one than Angela herself steps into the room, a flash of irritation appears on her face at the state of the room but once her eyes settle on me, a big smile spreads across her face.

"Oh my goodness, is that you Larissa? You look even prettier than in the pictures!" Angela squeals dashing towards me with full adrenaline. She dives on my bed and pulls me into a tight hug. 

Angela almost chokes me until I gather strength and push her away from me.

"Angela, what are you doing here? I mean how did you know I was in town?" I ask with a confused look on my face.

"Do not worry best friend, I am not mad at you for not telling me you are in Hiddensville. I forgive you." Angela says with a big smile spread across her lips. She has not changed, not even the slightest bit. Angela is still same old big teddy bear.

"No, I mean sorry for not telling you, everything happened so fast but how did you seriously know I was in town?" I ask with curiosity laced in my tone. Angela just shrugs like it is nothing and replies "Your parents called me hours ago and told me you came to visit so I decided to stop by and say hi." Angela says.

My parents told her? Oh my goodness, did they actually tell her everything including the fact that they are indebted to Xavier? Did they tell her so she could convince me? My goodness, dad and mum are really unbelievable.

"If you are here to change my mind then the answer is already no Angela. I would advice you not to bother yourself about it at all. I am not interested." I say nonchalantly. A confused look appears on her face and it makes me scoff at her pretence. Angela sucks at pretending, has she forgotten that I know her so well?

"Stop pretending like my parents did not tell you just to convince me to get married to Xavier." I snap at her. Angela's mouth opens wide in shock and she screams loud. I roll away from her and place my hands over my ear. Did she really not know? Then why did mum and dad contact her in the first place?

"Did I just hear you correctly Larissa? Your parents want you to do what? Get married to Xavier? As if Xavier would ever agree." Angela pauses to scoff, she turns to gaze at me with an apologetic look on her face and i already know what she is about to say but it is too late to stop her. "No offence to you Larissa but Xavier rejected you the first time, do your parents want him to repeat it again?" 

"No no. Just enough of that Angela! Just forget I ever mentioned marriage. How is he though?" I ask. I do not know why I am still curious about his well-being.

"Who?"

"Xavier." I say.

"Oh, he has been sort of gloomy and cold but then again, that is typical Xavier." Angela says. I nod my head and change the topic to something else.

Angela and I catch up on a lot of things but I can not seem to get Xavier out of my mind. Eventually it is night time, I fall asleep some minutes after Angela left and I am suddenly woken up by a loud thud coming from the sitting room. I hear a loud screech erupt from the sitting room and the voice belongs to mum. My heart races fast as the screeching sound does not stop.

"Where is she?" I hear a masculine voice growl. I hear footsteps drawing close towards the direction of my door, I jerk off the bed and hastily dash towards the door, it opens wide and I can not see who is at the door because of how dark my room is. I feel someone grab me by the neck and slowly choke me.

"Help!" I choke out a small cry but I do not get a response. I feel a tight grip on my arm and someone slowly pulls me out of my room. The grip on my neck loosens and I cough out loud.

"Mum! Dad! What is going on?" I cry out with tears gushing from my eyes. Surprisingly silence fills the air, not a single response from either dad or mum. Who are these people and why are they taking me away. The front door opens wide and someone pushes me to the floor. I groan at the pain that comes from colliding with the hard floor. Thanks to the small light coming from the Moon.

I stare at mum and dad standing at the front door with an expressionless look. 

"Have a good life dear daughter." That is the last thing I hear before I feel a hard fist collide with my face sending me into a deep sleep.