Who is a friend?

Marsai's POV

I sat up on my bed in a daze after I woke up from sleep. I didn't remember sleeping on the bed yesterday. I wondered who had cared enough to bring me up from the floor to the bed.

My entire body was weak from last night. I didn't even want to remember what happened because it would only make me angrier. How could he? The absurdity I felt yesterday came rushing back. He locked me up here. He placed guards at my door. He commanded the guards to keep me in, to disobey any order I give them. Bunch of fools!

Gosh... I don't think I have ever loathed a creature as I loathed Fenrir. I wanted to leave him and take a fresh breath out of this pack. It was suffocating me. All the memories…

A knock coming from the door startled me. It was probably one of the maids. At least they cared enough to wake me up to eat and get ready.

“Yes? Come in.” I answered weakly, not even bothered to move an inch.

When the door burst open, I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. I stared at them dumbfounded. Oh my God... Leah and Elena? I instantly jumped off the bed to meet them by the door, but I collapsed on the floor due to my fragile and exhausted body.

My eyes filled with unshed tears as Leah ran up to me and hugged me. Gosh... I missed her hugs. They were everything. Tears ran down my cheeks as Elena also ran up to me, and lifted my fallen weak body. I couldn’t restrain myself as I held onto her, and sobbed to my heart's content.


The familiar comfort of my best friend's embrace brought out my pent-up emotions and frightening events that had happened the last few days. My parent's death, Fenrir’s tyranny, how he had forced me to marry him, last night…. I couldn’t bring myself to forget that had locked me in the dungeon and tried to force himself on me. I hate him for the fact that he insulted me by making me bear the shame of listening to his other woman's moans all night, and also preventing me from finding my mate.

I cried so hard until my breath came out in rasps and my breath almost seized. I could feel Leah's chest rising and falling from sobs too. She was sharing my pain too. My chest hurts. I just wanted my dark days to be over... all of it. I wanted to end this pain, this heartbreak… forever.

"It is okay Marsai," she rubbed my back as she wiped away her tears. "It is all going to be alright. Alpha Fenrir wouldn't be here forever. He will leave. He doesn't even belong here." She tried to console me.

That didn't make me feel any better. I was married to this heartless monster. He was going to ruin my life before he left. I was sure of that. He had already destroyed me. Marsai Connor was done for!

"He is not going to leave until he destroys me," I sobbed.

"We are going to leave if it doesn't get better sweetheart. We are not going to allow him to do that right Elena?”

We both turned to look at Elena who was staring at us with an unreadable expression on her face, but nothing near pity. She didn't have even a trace of tears in her eyes. Wow... is this the lady I called my friend?

“Yeah,” she replied in a bored tone. I felt offended. She didn’t have the right to behave this way after all that happened to me. She is supposed to be my friend!

But I didn’t have the energy to speak to her since she didn’t care about me.

“Where have you been, Leah? Why didn’t you come here after all that happened to me?” I asked.

Leah sighed. Her green eyes were bloodshot, which meant she cried as much as I did. I loved her so much.

“I had to go save Elena. On the day of the incident, she got herself kidnapped by the borders of the new pack. Can you imagine Marsai? She went to watch the new Alpha.“ Leah answered. I could hear the irritation in her voice.

Sigh… keeping up with a twin sister like Elena ought to be very hard. I always thought I wanted one when I was a kid, but now, I am thankful to the universe that I was born alone.

I could remember when she told me that on my birthday, the day my life changed for the worst.

“Whoever they are, let’s just hope it's not an Omega because they are too weak.”

Well, it turns out that I haven’t even found my mate, but I forcefully got married to a monster! I felt my eyes sting with tears again as I recollected Elena’s words.

How did you get so unfortunate, Marsai?

“-She went to gawk, then got herself kidnapped.” Leah continued with an annoyed expression.

“That’s not what happened,” Elena cut her off. “I was drunk that’s why I did all of that impulsively. On the bright side, I saw the Alpha. Oh, my heavens! He is drop dead gorgeous!” She sighed dreamily.

She was so dramatic. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at her. Elena found every male- who was an Alpha to be attractive, any man with power. I could bet a limb that she was attracted to Fenrir too. Yuck!.

“How could you do that to me?” Leah bellowed, which was totally unexpected.

Why was she yelling at her sister? Didn’t she know that she met the Alpha or what?

“What did I do to you?“

“How could you make me go through all that stress because you were drunk. Oh my God, Elena. I was supposed to be here for my best friend and instead I was there trying to save your sorry ass that was locked up in the dungeon!“ She said angrily.

I turned around to look at Elena, and I was surprised by her reaction. She looked unfazed. No remorse, or whatsoever was on her face, let's not even talk about her heart. She was probably rejoicing at seeing the new Alpha of the MoonBound Pack.


“It is fine Leah, stop sweating it. We are not at risk. The Alpha at the pack is no match to our Alpha. He is not going to try finding us or something.” Elena tried to convince Leah with a small smile on her face.


“What?” Leah asked, arching a brow.

“I mean… in case they come looking for me, or you. We have a powerful Alpha to protect us. He can’t do anything to us.”

I felt angry at Elena for saying that. Why was she trying to find the good side of the tragedy that befell me? She was so annoying.

Yes. Both of them are identical, but I always feel bad for Leah when she has to go through bearing the consequences whenever her twin sister does something wrong.

Leah opened her mouth to argue more, but I quickly raised my hand to stop her from doing so. I didn’t want them to have any of their little fights.

“It is okay guys. This has passed. By the way, who let you in here?” I asked, trying to change the topic of discussion.