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.

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

cheek. "Sorry Ryder, but its my fight." I pressed his palm to my cheek, relishing the heat. "If there's something wrong, just pull out if

knew I was going to lose, but pulling out meant breaking rules and immediately declaring

the mushy stuff. Be prepared to lose Sapphire." Graysen snarled. I pushed Ryder away gently, taking a deep breath and digging all the confidence and energy I had left. "Are you sure Sapphire? No backing out. And don't forget about the wolf bane that's still in your system." Graysen sneered. "What?" Ryder widened his eyes. "I'm sure." I held my head high before Ryder could say

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

I didn't know if he was talking about my fur or the fact that I transformed when I 'had' wolf bane in my body.

in my mind. I turned to see Ryder smiling at me with pride. Gwen purred, pleased. Yeah yeah. I just want to fight. Man, this feels good, Drew said excitedly. Be careful 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 were about to get messy.

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

not our mate, Gwen yelled as she tried prying us from

Cole grabbed his arm. "He's raping her! Don't you see?!" Ryder's eyes were now black. Wolf in control. Cole and the people who were keeping him back released their hold in surprise. He ripped Graysen off me. I have

when I turned back into human. I sat up and leaned against her, sobbing my eyes out. I couldn't believe

to furiously fight Graysen, sneaking in

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.

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 aren't scared to be dominated by Dark

howl and saw Graysen's neck

torture he have given me. I

disgusted at the lumps of flesh on the ground. Shaken up, I stared at Ryder. A sudden fear ran through me, was it because of the things I recently went

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 to me was effecting me

see Jennifer pointing a gun at me. I could feel the silver bullets it wield. He tried to push her out of the way,

your eyes Sapph! Sapph! Her voice slowly faded from my mind. Images of every memorable scenes flashed through my mind. Different emotions flashed through