The Game: Reload

by Scarlet Temptation

"It's just a game," he murmured. His face dipped to mine and he lightly kissed my jaw. "Game over, Leah." A blinding pain shot into my neck and I felt myself falling. My vision went, and the last thing I felt was my back colliding with the water. . . . . . And then? ***Sort-of sequel to The Game***Drabbles/OOC/NonCanon/DarkThemes

1. Chapter 1

The Game: Reload

Chapter One

My head swirled, heavy on my limp neck.

The right side, not just the left—where the burning pain had started—was now completely numb and it was spreading up my skull.

The burn of salt water pained in my nose, triggering my swimming reflexes to begin.

My feet kicked and my now tingling arms pushed at the water. I needed to get to the surface.

If it weren't so still today, the waves might have aided me. But, of course, today was the day I'd be thrown off a cliff with weakened muscles.

The joints in my shoulders started getting stiff and almost immovable with the heat the raged through them.

I kicked harder, desperate for oxygen, and flailed my arms as best I could.

Suddenly, so quick it shocked me into taking the first, much needed, breath, my face rose above the water.

I gasped, choked, and tried to force the water out of my lungs—attempting to stay afloat at the same time.