SET UP, TRUTH REVEALED AND BETRAYED (4).

CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

DAWN'S POV CONTINUES.

I sluggishly dragged my feet towards my hostel, enduring the numbness that had engulfed the entirety of my body, and still struggling to grapple with everything that had come to my realization.

I couldn't believe that despite everything I had done for them, they still hadn't accepted me as one of theirs.

'Am I really that worthless?' I pondered, engulfed in emotional anguish, tears welling up around my eyes.

'I mean if they knew they didn't want me, why would they both come to me to apologize in the first place?' I asked myself, a torrent of unanswerable questions swirling through my head.

I was still unable to come to terms with the fact that they could set me up this way and lead me into trouble.

Why?

Simply for the fun of it?

To simply say I was hurt would be much an understatement.

Every remembrance, every recollection, every memory of the pretentious moments we all had shared felt like  blades impaling and slicing through my heart— through my entire being.

The weight of their betrayal was nothing less than soul-crushing. 

' Could Charlie have been a part of all this?' I wondered, remembering she was the one who had talked me into this in the first place.

' No, no, no' I thought shaking my head.

She couldn't possibly have been a participant to this.

Charlie was the first person to offer me kindness and warmth.

'Her caring words and loving actions couldn't all have been false, right?' I considered, shaking my head in denial.

I didn't want to believe Charlie could be a part of those who did this to me.

She probably wasn't aware the content of the letter and just as naively as I did, believed Scarlett just needed my help to confess her feelings.

" If Scarlett and her minions could pull off their act so perfectly that you believed they had accepted you as one of them, what is the guarantee this Charlie wasn't in on it as well?" Moon questioned before disappearing as expected.

I suspended my weak movements at her words, tears streaming down my cheeks as I collapsed to the floor with a loud thud, ignoring the pain and bruises my abrupt impact with the ground caused my knees.

Such pain was incomparable to the overwhelming, unbearable pain I was undergoing at that moment.

'What if moon was right?' I wondered, tears flooding out of my eyes.

The mere thought of Charlie being a part of this vile act just as Moon had suggested was nothing short of agonizing.

My heart was heavy and I just needed a companion at the moment, someone to pour all my sorrow out to, so I called Moon.

I figured she might not be able to answer me due to her weakness but I nevertheless tried.

" Moon, Moon, please come out" I pleaded, hoping for a response, at least just a word however, I got nothing but silence.

I abruptly burst into tears, and began to wail and weep.

Those familiar feelings of despair, abandonment, and dejection began to swirl around me once again.

Just then I remembered my aunt and Brittany's words.

" Bad luck will always influence your cursed destiny because you are jinx. Nothing will ever go right for you " my aunt yelled right in my face, droplets of saliva spilling out of her mouth and dropping onto my face.

I was right in front of her, crying as usual; mute, unable to speak or stand up for myself.

" Instead of continuously trying and invariably failing, why don't you just take the easy way out?" Brittany suggested and I immediately turned, fixing my gaze on her, my eyes widening in shock and horror at her inhumane words.

" What? It's the truth. That way you can stop being a pest and a burden to us.

I mean you don't even have a wolf. " She ranted on.

" Your life has just been disastrous since day one, we don't need you to jinx ours with your bad luck"

I felt my heart sink, and my gut wrench up in dismay.

' Why did they have to be so cruel?

Why did they always have to blame me for everything single thing gone wrong?' I would always wonder then, but now, I realized they were both right.

I was bad luck.

I was cursed.

I was indeed a jinx.

My life had just been full of hardships and misfortunes. Nothing concerning ever went well.

First, my parent's death, then finding out I was an omega, followed by nothing but an unending series of ill luck, misfortunes and mishaps.

This scholarship was the first and only good thing to ever happen to me and now, it seemed it was about to go downhill as well.

'Where did I do wrong?' I pondered.

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I walked back to my hostel, my head lowered and my face grief-stricken.

I couldn't cry any longer and just wanted to go into my room, jump on my soft, comfy bed, and sleep my pain and worries away.

I just wanted to escape this unceasing torture known as life, even if it was just for a few hours.

I knew Scarlett and Charlie wouldn't be in, they would all be in the lounge instead, most likely awaiting my return with immense eagerness just to disgrace and make a jest of me.

' Well, they were all in for a long wait' I thought with a furrowed eyebrow.

I had no intention of ever going there to meet any of them.

I opened the door to the room, and the sight before my eyes caused me to physically recoil in shock, leaving my mouth hanging open.

Scarlett, Lisa, Charlie, and their minions were all gathered in the room and the moment they set their eyes on me, they all burst into rounds of roaring laughter.

Some even had their fingers pointed at me as they laughed incessantly but all that didn't hurt— what did was the sight of Charlie, her hands placed on her belly as she laughed with all her might.

Her laughter was a clear revelation of how stupid I was to believe her words and her actions, no— her lies and pretense, rather.

'But what happened, what exactly was going on?' I pondered, still unable to comprehend all that was occurring.

If Charlie knew she simply wouldn't be able stand my presence, then why on Earth did she pretend to be a friend in the first place?

An endless array of questions desperately awaiting answers whirled through my mind.

" The fool is back" Daisy mocked, still chortling.

Tears once again began to pour out  of my swollen eyelids, as I simply stood, unamused, and incapable of speech.

This entire occurrence destroyed me inside, utterly, far beyond quantification.

My body moved independently, and I found myself turning to face Charlie, sadness and disappointment due to her betrayal fully evident on my face.

" Why?" I questioned, my voice coming forth barely as a whisper.