My Second Chance

Sapphire's P.O.V

Graysen and Ryder were circling each other, trying to anticipate the opponents first move.

Clover tried to reassure me, but I could feel panic radiating from her. Although Ryder was younger and had an advantage to stamina and speed, Graysen was a very experienced fighter. And when I mean very, I mean very. "He'll be fine Sapph, calm down. He can sense you, remember?" Bell murmered beside me. "How? Our bond's broken when I rejected him." I frowned. No, our bond's not broken yet, Gwen informed me. What? I frowned in confusion.

"You did reject him, but you didn't do it out of pure ditaste. The bond was still there, faint, but still there. But just now when you proclaimed your love for him, it strengthened. Didn't you see how tired he was earlier?" Bell smiled softly. "He immediately looked carefree and younger." Will appeared beside me, smiling.

I stared at his figure and saw what they had said was indeed true. Yeah, yeah, whatever, all I can think is the heat now, Drew grumbled.

When she said that, I became really aware if my body condition. It was weakening, from the lack of food and the Changing.

"Prepare to lose Ryder Black." Graysen snarled as he lunged forward. My body moved by it's own out of instinct. "Wait!" I stood in front of Ryder protectively. Graysen stopped and looked at me in confusion from his green sly eyes. "You could've got hit." Ryder growled at me. I ignored him and faced Graysen.

"The person you want is me. It's only fair if I'm the one fighting." I said, determination lining my words. Graysen seemed to think it over. "No. I forbid this." Ryder scowled. "I'm your equal Ryder. You can not order me around." I glared at him. His face fell immediately, knowing that there was nothing he could do.

"Sapphire, this isn't a fight you can win. The odds are all against you." A familiar voice said and I recognised Georgia, Ryder's mother.

"What odds?" I raised an eyebrow, although I knew what she meant.

"I know someone who's weak when I see one. And I've been keeping tabs on what you eat." Georgia said, double meaning in her words. My eyes met her in surprise. Surely no one knew about my eating disorder. "What do you eat?" Ryder frowned in confusion. I just sent him a small smile.

because she's more likely tol lose. This isn't about fairness, it's just for your advantage." Ryder growled, opposing the idea. "My my... I just can't get anything pass you, can I?" Graysen tsked and Ryder let out yet another animalistic growl. I placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "I'll be fine. I'm not that weak." I smiled. Yes you are, Drew grumbled. Great to see the sarcastic side of you out, I sighed and she smirked. We can do this,

my cheek, relishing the heat. "If there's something wrong, just pull out if the fight." He closed his eyes and whispered

meant breaking rules and immediately declaring

system." Graysen sneered. "What?" Ryder widened his eyes. "I'm sure." I held

a minute, my maroon fur had fully sprouted and I was on all fours, standing with pride as people gaped at my unique

talking about my fur or the fact that I transformed when I 'had' wolf bane in my

we're still weak, I warned. Sapph, look out! A voice yelled in my mind. Gwen took charge and leaped out of the way, dodging one of Graysen's attacks. Graysen growled and pounced on me. I nipped at his hind leg and he howled in pain. I smirked, swishing my fox like tail. He stood up, bearing the pain. He glared at me with venomous green eyes and I knew things

and bit down on his neck. Metallic taste filled my nouth and I internally gagged. He whimpered before

caught, Graysen smirked and I tried pushing him off. Everybody thought I was just trying to get away from him, not that they were literally watching a rape scene unravel in front of them. This is gross, he's not our mate, Gwen yelled as she tried prying us from under Graysen's body. Drew? I called shakingly. I..I can't help, I'm... I'm... its burning in here, Drew panted and I whimpered as the heat addressed me. I whimpered and

pounced forward, but everybody from our pack held him back, keeping him away from the fight. "Ryder, she's not in danger yet. Graysen isn't doing anything to her." Cole grabbed his arm. "He's raping her! Don't you see?!" Ryder's eyes were now black. Wolf in control. Cole and the

towel. She covered me with it when I turned back into human. I sat

furiously fight Graysen, sneaking in bites

With every sob becoming louder, Ryder's attacks became more vicious. "We're sorry our Alpha did something that low to you." The second in command of Silver Paw Pack, Ross, came towards me. A few pack members stepped in front of me protectively. I couldn't do anything but shiver in

and shook his head, "however loyal a pack member has to be to their Alpha, what he did was extremely disgusting and wrong, we all have our limits. And moreover, you used to be a part of this pack. His sick behaviour has to stop. So... why not now?" He shrugged. "But you guys

a howl and saw Graysen's neck

to end this. End all the torture he have given me. I took a

quiet and the painful howling stopped. I opened my eyes and braced myself for the gruesome sight I would've face. There layed Graysen's body, a limb torned apart and the head on the right side of his body. I vomited water out, disgusted at the lumps of flesh on the ground. Shaken up, I stared at Ryder. A

at me in confusion. Ryder tried to walk towards me but I screamed, "get away from me! Get the fuck away from me!" He stopped in his tracks, surprised by my outburst. Hurt flashed across his face. "Sapphire?" Bell and Will tried to approach me. Both members of the pack stared at me, trying to guess the problem. "Get away from me." I emphasized on 'away'. Gwen was screaming at me to keep calm. But the fear and anger vibe Drew was sending

I could feel the silver bullets it

body after a loud bang. I felt like knives were stabbed into my body. I didn't even know where I got shot. The pain spreaded through my whole body. Silver, Gwen whimpered and went quiet. Shit, Sapph, stay awake. You can't close your eyes Sapph! Sapph! Her voice slowly faded from my mind. Images of every memorable scenes flashed through my mind. Different emotions flashed through me at the speed of lightning. The corner of my eyesight turned blurrier with every second. I closed my eyes, resting it. I vaguely remembered a hand grabbing mine and panicked shouting. After that, I slowly drone out of the world. Where I was. What was happening. And who the