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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time, the water wasn’t the enemy.

cradled me, held me in its arms like a mother soothing a restless

This was it.

closed my

something shifted

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,

swirling–not to drag me down but to carry me.

eyes snapped open and for the

The water obeyed.

drowning

else entirely–something ancient, something

burned my eyes, but they didn’t fall.

ocean and

of power,

Up.

than I should

anything natural.

fire, my entire body shaking as I struggled to stay afloat. My vision blurred, spots dancing in front of

in the distance. My body trembled but the moment had

I was alive.

I was breathing.

in ragged gulps of air,

I saw

filled with shock, his body rigid. His mouth moved, but

surged through me.

No. Stay away.

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

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coming down to finish

back, I choked out, my voice raw

He didn’t stop.

this time and it

invisible force cracked through the air and sent Dylan flying backward. His body hit

tearing from my lips. My heart thundered

Move

wasn’t listening. Everything was screaming–my lungs, my muscles, my head pounding like a war drum. But

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

groaned. He was stirring,

No, no, no.

clawed up my throat. He was going to get up. He was going to come down here and–No.

the metal steps of the ship’s side ladder. My body trembled, my fingers barely able to hold on, but I

didn’t feel the pain

didn’t feel the cold.

I felt was

my fingers

to my children and it was going to be at the

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