Ch. 2: Raynor
The gems no longer glitter to me, the people no longer give me comfort, and my latest wealth does nothing to end the horrible pain in my soul for Audrie, as I sit on a solid gold chair in district 1 victor village. I can still feel her lips on mine. "Ryan go get out of here!" "But Raynor the wolves will be here soon!" Ryan yells. "Just leave I want to spend time with her before she leaves me." Ryan seems to want to object but he leaves, our alliance is now broken I feel a twinge of unease at the thought of Ryan having to die, but I shake it off as I stare into Audries eyes. "Hold me." she says and I do as she slowly bleeds to death in my hands. Our lips meet again and mouth fills with her blood, I don't spit it out because she would just be upset and die in unrest. I hear the howl but I don't care we keep in our embrace my upper body warmed by her blood, we kiss one more time just as the wolves come out of the underbrush. I gently let go of the only person I have and will ever love, her eyes are closing and she says don't forget me and leaves me. I am crying as the wolves approach, filled with an anger I have never even knew I had. The mutt wolves approach me, but I have no fear just hate this time. I lift my spear from Shane's body and throw it at the first mutt I see. It goes deep into the wolf's body and its dead instantly. The others howl with rage and move forward. I casually draw my sword as the first wolf rushes me, I sidestep and then easily stab its head. The others rush forward all at once now, five years of fencing and sword play kick in and I just sidestep roll, stab, slice, and dodge the wolfs. Soon ten are dead and the other 12 runs after the direction Ryan ran, so I guess there not so tuff after all I think. Raynor!, Raynor!, I turn but Audrie is not there its Helen. "Ahhhhhh!" I wake up on the floor with Helen freaking out, she sees I'm alright and stops. I quickly observe my surroundings I'm not back in the arena, I am at my house and I smell food. Helen brought me cookies. Helen is Audries little sister and looks like an exact copy of her sister, brown hair, blue eyes but she is shorter and more in love with me than ever, despite the fact her sister died because of my stupidity. I don't know how she likes me, all I have ever said to her is when Audrie home is home and I say "buzz off!" when she was ruining a romantic moment with me and Audrie alone in a room sometimes. I get off the floor and think about doing something to keep my mind off Audrie, but Helen is not helping since she has been following me around trying to get me to notice her. I have noticed her, but Audrie was my age and Helen is a year younger, and I can see Audries face if she found out after she died if I just went after her sister. I still have nightmares of Audrie bleeding on me telling her to leave her alone when I left Mary to die, after that Ryan didn't even talk to me either which made me feel worse . I couldn't save both of them I just couldn't, it was Audrie or Mary and Audrie hates that my one weakness was her. I couldn't just leave her even though I knew there was no way Ryan would be able to get Mary or Audrie. Not that any of that matters both girls are dead and I'll always be stuck with that.