Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 161 Survival in the Sea

Caden’s POV:

The wound on my arm was throbbing faintly.

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I sustained this wound while protecting Rosaline from Annie’s attack a few days ago. Scabs had formed since then, and my arm seemed to be healing well.

However, when the wound was soaked in seawater, it reopened.

Edward let out a growl as if he could relate to my wound. I gave him reassurance, making sure that Rosaline would never find out about this.

At this moment, I was Rosaline’s pillar of strength. I was someone she could lean on. I could not show any signs of weakness.

I didn’t want her to worry about me.

Guided by Edward, we swam forward while Rosaline lay on Edward’s back.

However, the waves began to get violent. We were tossed up and down, which stalled our progress as we could barely move forward.

Rosaline looked at the distant island in front of us and blurted out worriedly, “Caden, it seems like we are not getting any closer to that island….

I noticed that too.

There was a headwind buffeting us.

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Although we tried with all of our strength, the waves were pushing us away from the island.

Edward was on the brink of exhaustion as well. I volunteered to take the lead and allowed him to rest for a while.

Rosaline jumped into the water to make things easier for us. She came and held onto me as she saw me transforming back into my human form.

“How about I turn into a wolf and you take a break?” she suggested.

“Let’s not move for now and conserve our energy. When the wind subsides, we

a moment and nodded in agreement. “It seems like we don’t have a lot of

held each other

to have life jackets on us, so even if we didn’t try to

forms. We could conserve energy as swayed

waves.

crash all around us, accompanied

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comforted her, “Rosie, don’t be afraid. Just hold on

around,” Rosaline said as she

drifting further and further away with the waves.

sense of time, but the waves finally began to

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to replenish your strength,” I produced a bottle of mineral water from my backpack and handed it to Rosaline. “When

sips of water and then

put the bottle back

“Aren’t you going

my head, “I’m not

ocean, fresh water was indispensable for maintaining life.

make it to the island, there might not

was why the few bottles of mineral water I had were especially

them as much as

was thinking.

moon high up in the sky illuminated

the glow of the moonlight, the vast ocean shimmered as waves continued to ripple and break. It was

so romantic–a swim

now. Let’s swim toward the island now,” I looked into the

could barely make out the outline of the island from where we were now. It would be bad if we

Time is of the essence,” after

turned around, she accidentally bumped into my injured arm.

could not help but let out a soft hiss.

noticed my discomfort

assault me in pangs. I sucked in a deep breath