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.

Then, I replied, “Let’s not move for now and conserve our energy. When the wind subsides, we can continue swimming

agreement. “It seems like we don’t have a lot of

and held each other closely.

life jackets on us, so even if we didn’t try to keep ourselves afloat, we could just sway with the

lighter than our wolf forms. We

waves.

to surge and crash all around us, accompanied by the howling

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in the

don’t be afraid. Just

with you around,”

were drifting further and further away with

time, but the waves finally began to calm

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mineral water from my backpack and handed it to Rosaline. “When the wind

took a few sips of water and then handed me the bottle.

bottle back

in surprise, “Aren’t you going

head,

ocean, fresh water was

to the island, there might not be any fresh water there.

bottles of mineral water I had

them as much as possible.

Rosaline knew what I was thinking. She gently gave me a kiss.

A crescent moon high up in the

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

so romantic–a swim in the ocean beneath the moonlight.

Let’s swim toward the island now,” I

island from where we were now. It would be bad if we didn’t hurry over before another

is of the essence,” after some

she turned around, she accidentally bumped into my injured arm.

help but let

my discomfort and

pangs. I sucked in a deep breath and forced a