The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 272

Chapter 272

-Ava’s POV-

Darkness.

Cold.

The ocean swallowed me whole, its icy fingers clawing at my skin, dragging me deeper into the abyss. The salt burned my throat, my lungs screamed, but no air came. The weight of the water pressed in from all sides, crushing, endless.

I kicked, thrashed, fought. But the surface was too far. My limbs were slow, heavy, the cold stealing the last of my strength.

I was drowning.

And all I could think of was everything I was about to lose.

I would never see my children. Never hold them in my arms, never hear their laughter.

I would never see Grayson again.

His eyes. His touch. The way he looked at me like I was his whole world.

I would never see Isabella. I would never see anyone ever again.

A fresh wave of panic surged through me, but my body was failing. My chest burned, my vision blurred. The fight in me was slipping away.

No. No, not like this.

I forced my arms to move, kicking weakly against the pull of the ocean, but the current was too strong. My lungs convulsed, desperate for air, and my lips parted against my will.

Saltwater rushed in.

Agony tore through my body as I choked. My mind screamed, but the ocean did not care. The ocean did not listen.

This was it.

This was how I was going to die.

I reached for my wolf.

Nothing.

I reached for something–the essence–anything–inside me that could help, that could fight, but there was only silence.

I was truly alone.

The realization settled deep in my chest, heavier than the water pressing in around me. My body knew before my It knew that this was the end.

The fight bled out of me.

My limbs stopped thrashing.

The panic faded.

A did.

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first time, the water wasn’t the enemy. It was quiet Peaceful

in its arms

This was it.

my

then something

the water, a pulse that wasn’t from the ocean. My chest tightened, but not from lack of air. My skin tingled, a warmth blooming in my core, spreading, through my veins, stronger than the cold, stronger than the weight of the ocean

water rushed around me, moving, swirling–not to drag me down but to

and for the first time, I saw.

The water obeyed.

It wasn’t drowning me. It was

something else entirely–something ancient, something connected to me in a way I had never understood

eyes, but they didn’t fall.

merged with the ocean and the ocean listened.

a surge of power, and I

Up.

I should

than anything

broke through, gasping, choking, coughing up saltwater. The air hit my lungs like fire, my entire body shaking as I struggled to stay afloat. My vision blurred,

wind howled. The ship loomed in the distance. My body trembled but the moment had

I was alive.

I was breathing.

of air, my limbs aching, my

then I

stood at the edge of the ship, his face filled with shock, his body rigid. His mouth moved, but I couldn’t hear the words over the

through me.

No. Stay away.

to move, dragging myself through the water, but I was weak, my arms trembling, my legs

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like he was coming down to finish the job himself.

out,

He didn’t stop.

this time

ocean moved. And then a shockwave burst outward from me, an invisible force cracked through the air and sent Dylan flying backward. His body

heart thundered in

Move

brain gave the order, but my body wasn’t listening. Everything was screaming–my lungs, my muscles, my head pounding like a war drum. But

a deep, shuddering breath, I forced my arms to drag through the water, my legs kicking weakly beneath me. The ship loomed above, the slick metal hull stretching high, impossible to climb. My fingers scraped against its cold surface before

groaned. He was stirring,

No, no, no.

up my throat. He was going to get up. He was

my hands gripping onto the metal steps of the ship’s side ladder. My body trembled,

the

didn’t feel

felt was

my entire body was shaking. My breath came in ragged gasps, my fingers barely able to support my weight as I dragged myself forward. Every movement was agony,

going to give birth to my children and it was going to be at the

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