Chapter 16


    Discovering My Power


    Saphira’s POV


    when we reached the bottom of the stairs, Saphira went to her tiny cell and began pulling at a few


    bricks on the wall beside her bed. Slowly she wiggled them loose and reaching inside. She pulled


    out a small box and a few pictures. Then she took a few books off a makeshift shelf made from a


    few milk crates. She came back out and looked up at me. “I am ready.” “Don’t you want toe say


    hi to your dear old Uncle?” Saphira’s head shot towards the cell her Uncle was being held in. “My


    my my, don’t you look different. So s**y, if I had known you would look like that, I might not have had


    the witch put such a heavy curse on you. It would have made all those nights a little more


    enjoyable.” Ren growled a deep growl that shook every inch of the basement. “O, look, I made the


    dog angry. Listen here, when I get out of here, not you or anyone else will be able to keep her from


    me. She belongs to me, and I wille for what’s mine.”


    Ren had begun to shake, and I could see him starting to transform. His teeth elongated, and his


    fingernails were beginning toe to a point. “That’s it; you filthy dog, let me out of heree and


    defend your b**h.” I could hear his bones begin to snap. Before I could react, he had shot past me


    and ripped my Uncles Cell door from the hinges.” THAT’S it, you worthless beast,e get me.” My


    Uncle was no match for Ren; why was he egging him on so much? And then I saw it. My Uncle


    pulled a syringe from his pocket. It only took me a moment to realize what it was. More of the serum


    they had used on Xaviar. But this syringe was massive. It would no doubt kill Ren if my Uncle were


    able to inject it into him. I could feel anger building up inside of me. My insides were burning like


    there had been fire lit inside of me.


    The room began to spin, and my eyesight started to intensify. I could


    Discovering My Power


    hear Ren’s heartbeat. I could see the fly caught in a spider’s web legs twitching on the other side of


    the basement. The light was intensified, and I swear I could feel colors. Ren was almost to my


    Uncle. He was so intent on ripping his head from his shoulders that he hadn’t seen the syringe. I


    knew I had to stop him. I could feel something inside of me burst. I could hear odd chanting and felt


    what I could only describe ast bugs crawling but not on my skin but inside of me between my bone.


    and muscles. As quickly as I had begun, it stopped.


    Everything came into focus, and my mind quieted. The scene before me had slowed down like a


    movie put on slow motion. I could see Ren mere feet from his target. My Uncle had already begun


    his attack. I could see him thrusting his arm towards Ren with his thumb on the plunger of the


    syringe. “NOOOO” I screamed and ran towards them. It should have taken me much longer to


    reach them, but it only took seconds. In a sh, I was between them. I reached out and put my


    hand. against Ren’s chest, and pushed him backward. To my surprise, it worked, and he flew back.


    In the same motion, I turned and s n a t c h e d the syringe from My Uncle, all before my feet had


    even touched the ground. Inded on my feet and slowly looked down at the syringe in my hand.


    “GIVE THAT BACK TO ME NOW, you little freak.” My Uncle yelled. “No,” I replied. “What did you


    just say to me?” “You heard me.” I responded. I believe he was just as surprised as I was at my


    response. I had never been brave enough to talk back to him. But at this moment, I did not care.


    “That belongs to me; give it back now,” hemanded. I held the syringe up “actually,” I said. “It is


    my blood you took from me without my consent, so it belongs to me.” I could feel anger building


    back up inside of me, thinking of all the times they had held me down and forced needles into my


    arms. My hand began to shake, and the syringe started to light up. It began to shake and then burst


    into a million pieces that dissolved into dust. “What the hell did you just do, you useless b***h?” My


    Uncle yelled; he then lunged at me. This would have usually terrified me and left me reduced to a


    huddled pile on the floor, but it only p*d *me off more. “SIT DOWN NOW DOG!” Had thatmand


    come from me? I heard a whine and


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    looked to see my Uncle backed into a corner, all the color had drained from his face, and he looked


    mortified. Had..


    Had I actually given my Uncle amand, and he had listened? I heard a cough behind me and


    turned around to see Xavier and Dante helping Ren to his feet. “Saphira, are you ok?” Ren asked..


    He was holding his side, and I could see blood running out from under hist hands. “Did I do that?” IBelonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    asked. “I am sorry, I wasn’t trying to hurt you; I was only trying to stop him from killing you. “”Shhh


    it’s ok. I know you weren’t trying to hurt me. You saved my life, baby,” Ren softly said. “When you


    pushed me back, I hit the side of the table, and it cut me. It’s not bad and will be healedpletely


    in a few days,” he said. “Let me see it, please.” “Why sweetheart, it is ok, it will heal,” he said.


    “Please just let me see it.” He smiled and moved his hand. It was deep and looked like even for a


    wolf; it would hurt. I ced my hand over the wound and closed my eyes. I could feel my hand


    heating up, and at the same time, Ren tensed up and drew in a heavy breath. I removed my hand


    from his side, and the wound had closed. You could still see what looked like a healed scar, but that


    was it. Ren looked down in disbelief. “How did you do that?” I shrugged my shoulders because I


    genuinely did not know how I did it. “I have no idea, I said.”