Chapter 99. Listen Up

Alicia's POV

It takes me a while to open my eyes because they're heavy, but when I do, I'm rewarded with darkness. 

My heart hammers in my chest as I try to sit up but there seems to be a log of wood lying on my stomach. I blink repeatedly, trying to clear away the cobwebs from my head as I look around. Indiscernible shapes loom in the darkness and my heart beats even harder. I take measured breaths and squint into the darkness.

I can see a couch and floor-to-ceiling curtains.

My eyes continue to scan the length and breadth of the room trying to understand why I'm not in my own room. It all comes flooding back into my consciousness like an electrical jolt. 

Clarissa tricked me. 

The lying bitch said she wanted to take me somewhere special,  just us two for a girl's night out. I dressed up. I even bought a dress for crying out loud. 

She did my makeup, the treacherous wench, and then I was ushered - m