The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 278

Chapter 278

-Ava’s POV-

The fight drained out of me in an instant.

Crystal was barely breathing, her chest rising and falling too fast, too erratic. The blood trailing down her legs was stark against her pale skin, a horrifying contrast to the water pooling beneath us.

My instincts kicked in before I could even think. I moved toward her, reaching out. “Crystal-

“Don’t touch me!” She screamed.

Her voice was raw, filled with something I couldn’t name. She stumbled back, her feet slipping against the wet floor, and before she could catch herself, she lost her footing.

She fell.

Hard.

Her back hit the metal floor with a sickening thud, a choked gasp escaping her lips. She tried to push herself up, but another sharp breath wracked through her body, her arms trembling beneath her.

“Crystal, stop!” I said, stepping closer, my hands outstretched, “Let me help you-

She lashed out.

Claws slicing through the air, missing my face by inches, Don’t touch me!” she shrieked, her voice even louder this time, raw and unhinged.

I flinched but didn’t back away.

“You’re bleeding,” I said, desperation creeping into my voice. “Crystal, you need to stop moving–I can help you!”

Another wild slash. Another scream. “I said stay away!”

Her whole body was shaking now, her breath coming in short, panicked gasps. The blood–there was so much of it. It mixed with the seawater sloshing against the metal floor, turning everything into a mess of red and black.

“Please,” I begged, my voice softer this time, “Just let me help you.”

Something in her face cracked.

Her lips parted slightly, her brows drawing together–but then the ship swayed again, harder this time, knocking me off

balance.

An explosion ripped through the air.

The sound of metal groaning, something bursting in the distance. The ship shuddered beneath us like a wounded beast.

Somewhere far away, I heard my name.

“Ava!”

The voice was familiar, urgent, but I couldn’t look away.

Crystal still had that wide, unfocused look in her eyes. Her hands clutched at her stomach, pressing hard against the stained fabric of her dress. Her lips trembled, her breath shallow.

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And then, barely above a whisper, she kept repeating the same name over and over again.

“Dylan… Dylan… Dylan..”

Terror flickered through me.

Not for myself.

Not even for her.

But for the life she was losing.

And for the fact that she didn’t seem to care.

“Ava!”

time, cutting through the

Grayson.

I couldn’t

still staring at the

curled and uncurled, slipping through the liquid like she thought she could grasp

she screamed, jerking back so fast she nearly slipped again. Her back hit the metal floor, a choked

wrapped around me.

Strong, steady hands.

rumbled from behind me, vibrating through my spine, through my very bones.

it wasn’t

Grayson.

his warmth a stark contrast to the freezing air around us, “You’re okay,” He

Another explosion.

Louder. Closer.

screaming as fire ripped through the lower decks. The floor vibrated beneath my knees, shaking,

waver, We need to get out of

“Crystal,” I rasped, my throat

said her name, Grayson hesitated. His hands loosened just slightly as his gaze flicked toward‘

then a shot rang

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as she dragged herself upright. Her hands were slick with blood–her blood—but she didn’t seem to notice. Or maybe she just didn’t care.

face, her chest rising and falling too fast, her body shaking violently. But it was her eyes that made my

Wild.

Empty.

Consuming.

embers and smoke. Her hands trembled

all going

Bang.

behind

the wall

Bang.

one went wide, ricocheting somewhere deeper into the burning wreckage.

He grabbed my wrist, yanking me back as Crystal kept firing, each shot more erratic than the

She was breaking.

was nothing I could do.

as I stared at her

last, agonizing

I let Grayson pull me away.

We ran.

smoke. Through the shaking

again, the walls groaning under the strain. Another explosion

lungs burning. “Is Dylan really dead?”

grip on my wrist never loosened, his

Another explosion.

slipping out from under me as we turned a corner. The heat was

managed to get out between

ship is going down,” Grayson said, voice tight.

it hit me.

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Rickon.

that Grayson nearly lost his grip on

breath. “Ava, we don’t

arm with both hands, “We have to

For a split second, I

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so violently that I swore I

wasn’t much time left.

knew it.

grabbed my hand again.

And we ran.

fire and water consuming everything in its path. Every breath was agony, every

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