My Second Chance novel Chapter 34

Sapphire's P.O.V

I felt a finger grazing my cheek. But there was something wrong with the touch. It lacked tingles. It lacked the ability to fire me up and jump on his bones. It felt almost... dirty.

I groaned. What the hell happened? I recalled back only to have my head pound in pain.

I was in the apartment feeling sad. Then... somebody knocked on the door. The happenings were slowly returning to me. I refused because I smelled... witches! I snapped my eyes open. Everything rushed back to me which made me hold my head and whimper in pain.

"Hey baby." My eyes snapped to the person who was in front of me. A small growl escaped from my lips as I saw the guy I started to have hate for. And hate is a pretty strong word. "What the hell is this?" I yelled. "Don't worry. It's just the wolf bane messing with your head. You'll feel your feelings for me soon." He grinned and I internally puked at the sight of it. "I'm pretty sure the feelings I have now are very accurate." I snarled. I got awarded with a stinging sensation on my right cheek and I let out a gasp. "Do not dare disrespect me." Graysen snarled. "Why? Cause you don't want to lose the small shred of dignity you have left? How pathetic are you? Having to force a girl to marry you?!" I screamed at him, letting all the frustration and anger I felt slide in. He punched my gut and I doubled over in pain. "You will not speak to me like that." He demanded angrily.

"Why?" I whispered and he narrowed his eyes at me. "Why are you doing this? What about your mate?" I whispered with tear filled eyes. "She's dead." He shrugged. "You still don't have to do this. You've managed the pack so well till now. Why do you even need a mate?" I asked, breathing heavily.

"What is this? Twenty questions?" He snapped and I felt the skin of his palm connecting with my left cheek.

"Why? I found my mate! After so much, I was starting to trust him. Hell, I fell in love with him. Why are you so intent on ruining my life?" I screamed. I knew that I was pushing the limit and I had expected him to snap. What I hadn't been ready for was a quick blow to my gut once more. I collapsed on the ground in pain. I'm sure that bruises were going to start showing. "Why?" He laughed bitterly. I tried standing up. He must have caught the challenging look I had in my eyes because he kicked my side, making tears spring to my eyes. Here, Drew whispered and scared me. I almost jumped up. A surge of pain numbing power went through my veins. They injected wolf bane into your system and Gwen is currently blocked from you. Just, don't let him suspect anything. I'll try to numb the pain. Do not do anything stupid, I don't have too much power left. You guys are affecting me. And also think of a plan to get out of here, we can't we here when the Changing happens, with those words, she retreated to the back of my head.

"Mind explaining?" I gritted my teeth and sat up. "Your mother." He simply stated and I saw a flick of sadness in his eyes. But it was gone in a second. "My mother?" I frowned. "Yes my little Sapphire. I was your mother's mate." He growled and I flinched.

It had never occurred me. My father was a demon. My mother was a werewolf. How was it possible they were mates? The answer was easy. They were never mates.

I gaped at Graysen and he smirked. "Yes Sapphire. I had no idea why your mother would rather go with that... stranger." I gulped and he continued heatedly, "we had recognised each other but she ran off before I could say anything. The next day, she came back with another man's scent. You had no idea how angry I was. To the point of no back. I vowed revenge. I vowed to make her life a living hell, too bad she isn't even here." He chuckled humourlessly.

"So you decided to inflict it on her daughter." I stated. He just smiled at me with those imma-make-your-life-a-living-hell smiles. And it made me shiver in dread.

"Yes. But I could get what I want in the process. A mate, a Luna and a booty call. You don't look half bad." He smirked and I actually puked this time. More like dry heaving since I was dehydrated and I haven't eaten for a long time. A werewolf can go a few weeks without food so it's really okay. But I don't really want to eat even if I was hungry, so...

He smirked once more before leaving and calling over his shoulder, "have fun baby. We'll have fun when I return. I have some pack stuff to do."1

I silently went through the plans I had to leave. "Oh, and don't think about escaping. There are many, many guards guarding the pack house." He snickered ad if he could read my mind. I growled softly as he closed the door behind him. I looked around and immediately gagged. I was in a bedroom. More like Graysen's bedroom. I had been feeling scared too much to notice his strong scent. I wanted to puke so bad but I couldn't. Wait....

I quickly sat up as a plan formed through my head. That's it.

Puke.

I quickly stuck my index finger into my throat, trying to trigger my gag reflexes. I finally did it after a few attempts. I felt tears sprung to my eyes as I vomited water out. I ran over to the room door and started knocking like a mad man. I could hear the people outside shuffle with unease.

"Hey. I'm not feeling well. I kinda vomited. Open the door!" I yelled, my fist pounding on the door. "I'm sorry miss but the Alpha ordered us to keep the door closed all day. There's a connected bathroom in there. Just wash up there." A guy's gruff voice answered. "No. It's not that. I feel closed in. I have claustrophobia. I can't stand to be in a locked up place." I whined. "Sorry, we cant do anything about it Luna." Another guard said apologetically. So much for a plan, I snorted at myself. Whining? Really? I could detect sarcasm even if she's tired. Got enough power to blast us out? I snorted. Did he just call us Luna? Gwen's weak voice asked. Gwen? Are you alright? I asked worriedly. Yeah. The wolf bane made me weak, not die, she rolled her eyes. I grinned, happy that she was herself again.

Okay, make the guards come in, Drew ordered. Why? I furrowed my eyebrows. I heard someone talking and my ears pricked up. I shushed them and listened.

"The Alpha said to inject her with wolf bane every morning." A voice whispered and I caught it with my demon and werewolf hearing abilities. It was kinda far away. Perhaps a few halls away. "Now? She already had a dose yesterday. That's how they caught her remember?" Another voice grumbled. "Now. Alpha says, we do. Now stop whining like a sissy and go inject her." A gruffer voice argued. I heard someone grumble and I sneaked back quickly to Graysen's bed. Couldn't let them know I heard them.

I heard someone knock, then a key twisting in the keyhole. "So much for knocking." I grumbled. The door swung open to reveal a guy in his twenties who I recognised. He smirked and walked over after closing the door behind him. I did the most the reasonable thing, I scowled.

"No need to scowl Luna." He snickered. I snorted in response. "Sorry that you didn't come back to me?" He said with bitterness in his voice. "Regret rejecting and breaking my heart first?" I retorted and I swear I saw a flash of guilt in his forest green eyes. He placed a hand on my arm and I struggled. He then placed a finger on my lips, trying to shush me.

"What Leo?" I hissed and he shushed me. He looked around half expecting that people were going to rush in. Curiosity got better of me and I stared at him.

He took out his phone and opened the notepad app. I raised an eyebrow. He typed something before showing it to me.

I heard you found your mate. Your second mate.

"Great."I muttered sarcastically.

I heard the door open and I spun towards it. "Hey baby." Graysen smiled at me and I internally gagged. "Hey." I forced out a smile. "I thought that you were asleep. Couldn't wait to get wet?" He smirked and I almost puked in my mouth. "No. It's just that. I was hoping you could postpone the... plans. Maybe 3 to 4 days." I shrugged, trying to look nonchalant about it. "Why?" He asked as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Not letting it faze me, I said smoothly, "I was thinking that you would let me settle down. I'm not really that comfortable. It's been a long time since I was here." I said innocently. "4 days?" He asked. "4 days." I confirmed. "I suppose I could do that. Anything else?" He asked as he trailed a finger down my arm. Yes, a different room, I'm gonna puke if I stay here another second, Gwen muttered. You're suppose to be on wolf bane remember? Stop talking before you get him suspicious, I snapped. "Well, yes. Earlier before I got injected by the wolf bane, my wolf asked if she could have a different room." I said slowly. "What do you mean? You don't want to share a room with me?" He roared, anger lining his words. "No. It's just... I need to get comfortable in this... environment and I need to calm down somewhere. Yesterday's events are still a little... overwhelming." I said sadly. "So youll share a room with me after we get married right?" He asked, his eyes flashing between black and green. I nodded quickly. I badly wanted to say, married? Over my dead body. Are you using big words on him? Drew snorted. Shut up, I mumbled. "Fine. I'll have another room made ready. Just for 4 days. Do not try anything funny Sapphire. This pack is crawling with guards." He warned. I nodded my head, grateful that I didn't have to stay here another day. "Anything else?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow. "Umm... about that. I don't really want wolf bane injected into me every day." I mumbled. I was crossing my fingers on this one. It seemed like something he would unlikely fulfil. "Sorry Sapphire baby, that's one got to stay." He shook his head without considering. Stupid fingers. I thought it would work... Baby? Gwen screeched in disgust and I winced as her high ouch ed voice sent a pang of pain through my head.

"Baby, you okay?" He asked worriedly. Worried my ass. Probably just wants me as a booty call. "Yeah. I'm fine. Just the wolf bane getting to me." I forced out a smile.

"Oh, then you better rest. The wedding will be in 4 days." I nodded and a guard soon came in to escort me to my new room.

"Wait!" I called out and the guard stopped. "I want to know... how did you manage to sent me those notes and stuff? How did you know where I was going to be?" I asked hesitantly. He merely smirked and a girl soon walked into the room. "Jennifer!" I spat. "Hey honey. Home sweet home huh?" She smiled venomously. "Why are you helping him? You don't even belong in this pack." I couldn't help but ask. She smiled at me, not at all speaking.

That was when I noticed it. The structure of their faces. Their noses and the shapes of their eyebrows.

"Oh my god." I whispered. "Sapphire, meet my father." She smirked and walked over to Graysen. "You sick person! How can you betray your pack and your soon to be Luna?!" I screamed at her. "You see. Ryder is clouded by your beauty. Once you're out of the way, he would see what I really mean to him. You'll see." She smirked and walked towards the door. "Oh and Sapphire, I'll be looking forward to calling you mother." She smirked and a horrified expression clouded my face.

"Why? How?" I turned to Graysen for an explanation. "You see. It's not that I couldn't find my mate. She already died. She was a member at the Dark Moon Pack. I found her there. I slept with her and proceeded to bring her back here the next day. However, she disappeared. For a very long time, I searched high and low for her but she was MIA. Soon, I heard news that she returned and had gave birth to a girl. But the tragedy was, she died at childbirth." He finished. "So... It wasn't that you couldn't find your mate. It's because you already found her but she died." I gasped. I couldn't bear the thought of Ryder dying.

"It must have hurt." I whispered. "It did. But you're here to help me heal." He shrugged and my sympathy vanished into thin air at once. I just nodded and walked towards the door with the guard beside me.

"Oh and Sapphire," I turned to face him with a poker face. "Yeah?" I asked and put on an innocent smile. "There will be new clothes in your drawer. And about running away last time, I know I forced you into a wedding and that made you run away under the pressure. I'm sorry about that." He said, not sounding sorry at all. "Thank you." I smiled. A fake one of course.

My real smiles only come out when I'm with people I like and Graysen wasn't about to go on my care list or nice list.

I wonder if Santa puts him on the naughty list? Ha, I hope he gets coal in his stocking when Christmas arrives.