The crowd was by now laughing at Luther, who was so furious that he became vicious. He started attacking Rose, slashing at her, cornering her into one side. He tried to bite, and almost managed to get Rose twice. Rose couldn’t do anything but defend herself. His attacks were so vicious, she could barely find any opening.
Then she saw it, he had left his left flank wide open. He was so angry, that he had let his guard down. Rose did one of the fastest manoeuvres she had ever done. She curled down, avoiding his claws, and saw his stomach open for attack. Before Luther could slash again, Rose thrust her claws into his stomach, tearing it. Blood spilled everywhere, as Luther roared. The crowd was quiet, and the only sound was of the two wolves snarling and growling. Luther fell back, and Rose retreated. Even though Luther was injured, he was still much stronger than Rose was.
Only, he was a lot angrier than he was before. His attacks were vicious, and he barely guarded any of his weak points. He had completely lost his cool. He only wanted to injure the girl who was showing him up. Rose found another weak moment, and this time she dragged her claws across his back, opening it up. Her claws were covered in blood, she had managed to cut pretty deep.
Luther howled and fell back, breathing hard. Rose knew that the wiser thing would be to stick to this strategy. She would slowly wear him out, as he got more and more irrational and angry. Despite knowing this, Rose attacked. She jumped onto Luther, who jumped as well, and met her mid-way.
They collided and then Rose fell. Even injured Luther was strong enough to pin her down. She heard the announcer start to count, and she started to think, “No, No! This can’t be!”
Luther was so angry that he didn’t just want to pin Rose. He started slashing at her, his claws digging into her skin, ripping it apart. The announcer was almost finished counting when Rose noticed that he had left himself wide open, while slashing her. She pushed through the pain, and pushed him back with her legs, just enough that he would push off her, but still land nearby.
She knew she had to be fast. She leaped on top of him and pinned him down, sinking her claws into his body, to keep him down. The announcer started to count, and Luther was viciously struggling under her. Rose sunk her claws into him deeper. Her legs were shaking from the exertion of keeping him pinned. She felt like the match would never come to an end.
Her muscles were about to give in, when the announcer shouted, “We have a winner! Rose!”
Rose couldn’t believe it. She won. She actually won. She got off Luther and looked towards the audience, where Taylor was sitting. He grinned at her from ear to ear. Luther glared at her, his eyes bloodshot, then without another word, he walked away.
Chapter 10
Rose
Rose was sitting with her friends, celebrating and drinking Laligurans juice, which was made from squeezed oranges and pineapples.
“I can’t believe it. You actually won, and against Luther,” Anna said.
“Yea. He was so big, when I saw him, I thought you were going to die,” Delma said.
“I know, right? I was so worried about you. The way you beat him up though!” Anna said.
“Okay, girls! Stop praising me so much!” Rose said, laughing.
“One more match, and our girl will be in the championship!” Anna said, and Delma cheered.
Rose was laughing when her eyes fell on Taylor. He was hanging out with his friends nearby, and his eyes were on Rose as he drank his drink. He seemed less loud today. He was quieter than his friends and surprisingly, not surrounded by girls.
Rose gave him a warm smile, and he smiled back.
“Excuse me, you guys. I will be back,” Rose said, putting her drink down and walking off.
She walked towards a more secluded corner, and she saw Taylor walking towards her.
“Hey,” Rose said, smiling at him. “Thank you, for all your help.” She noticed that he didn’t have Sayor in his hands. He held a clay cup with water in it. Rose was pleasantly surprised. She had always seen Taylor with a drink in his hands.
“You are welcome. Though you know where you went wrong, right?” Taylor said, smiling back.
“I should have stuck to our strategy. I shouldn’t have jumped at him. I almost got pinned down and lost,” Rose replied.
“Good. Never underestimate your opponent, even if he is down,” Taylor said. “I will meet you tomorrow, at dawn. You still have another match to win.”
“Got it. By the way, congratulations on winning your match today. You qualified for the quarter finals,” Rose said.
“Yea. It was easy. The guy was barely a match for me,” Taylor said, shrugging.
Rose rolled her eyes. Whenever she started thinking Taylor was different, he would say something like that and remind her who he was.
“I will see you at dawn tomorrow?” Rose asked.
“Yea,” Taylor said, smiling. “See ya.”
