Tʜᴇ Mᴀғɪᴀ Aɴᴅ Hᴇʀ Bᴏᴅʏɢᴜᴀʀᴅ (ɢxɢ) ᴀɴɢɪᴇ_ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

Chapter 48⚠️

Author's Note: There will be Triggering Content in this chapter. If this is too much for you please avoid reading. You have been warned ahead.

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Hours passed by swiftly and in a blink of an eye it was already evening again. Although, time worked different for Pearl because for her, the hours seemed to be endless. She was still held captive, starving, and slowly dying in the flames from hell.

The hedgehog seemed to be her only companion here inside of the bedroom from the safe-house. The stiff floor was getting colder as it grew darker outside. Pearl interlaced her fingers together as she made her fifteenth prayer of the day. She really wished for God to listen to her faster this time. It was unknown for how long she would be able to keep her sanity stable before she actually loses her mind.

As Pearl was praying, she was able to listen to voices outside of the bedroom. Someone came to see Venus. It sounded like the leader of the minor family. He probably came to check on his daughter. However, they didn't seem to be having a nice conversation because they were roaring at each other furiously like if they were lions in the wild.

There was another fight between them.

In the midst of the shouting there was the sound of something getting shattered to the ground and a loud slap reverberated through the living room. Venus was definitely being scolded again. Pearl didn't know why the leader of the minor family was hitting Venus this time, but he was surely enraged.

"What am I supposed to do, Pa? Do you think that I want to be here? I can't do anything about it!" Pearl heard Venus yell at her father before the door was slammed shut.

Pearl quickly stood on her feet and gazed through the small window of the bedroom. She saw the leader of the minor family leaving in a white vehicle, vanishing in the distance. Hard footsteps were getting closer to the bedroom. When Pearl turned back around she found Venus already inside of the room, staring at her with reddened eyes and a slightly swollen cheek.

"What the hell are you looking at?" Venus shouted at Pearl, making her flinch a little as she was taken aback.

Pearl didn't utter a word to her and just lowered her gaze to the ground. She could hear Venus mumbling something that she couldn't quite comprehend.

Was she talking to herself?

Pearl took a glimpse and realized that Venus was actually talking to the hedgehog that was inside of the small cage. She couldn't blame her for doing this because there was nothing else better to do here. Pearl would probably start doing the same. Talking to the hedgehog was a good way to spend the time at least.

"I'm going to go cook some dinner. In the meantime, can you teach this disobedient pet how to behave?" Pearl heard Venus mutter these words a little louder, enough for her to hear.

Wait...

Was Venus talking to the hedgehog this time or was she talking to Pearl?

Pearl had no clue.

Another hour or so went by and Venus came back to the bedroom with a bowl full of fresh-home-made chicken soup. It smelled delicious, but no matter how good it was, Pearl couldn't allow herself to eat it if she didn't want to die from food poisoning.

Venus crouched down, placing the bowl on the floor with a spoon already inside. "You haven't eaten anything in two days. Go ahead and eat this while it is still warm." She told Pearl in a soft tone of voice. She didn't seem to be pissed anymore.

Pearl wrinkled her brows as she stared at the bowl for a while and then she glanced back at Venus. "I'm not eating it." Her tone was flat, but it was enough to pinch one of Venus' nerves.