The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0557

For a while, I thought maybe I could do this. If I could muster my resolve, maybe my will could outmaneuver Bridget's confidence.

And, as I pushed myself, I finally began to take the lead away from Bridget.

I was pulling ahead. The raceway was clear ahead of me and I felt my heart soar.

This was my moment. I could probe to everyone that I could be a capable Luna. I was strong. I was fast. And I was-

"Aarggh -!"

Suddenly something grabbed my leg and yanked me down under the surface. Water filled my mouth. I spit it out, but I hadn't enough air. I felt like I was choking.

I kicked against my restraint, eventually hitting something solid. It released me, and I swam as fast as I could toward the surface. I broke through and sucked in a lungful of air - just as the whatever-it-was caught me by both legs this time and dragged me down.

Beneath the water, I looked down, and straight into the raging eyes of Prince Ronan, the merfolk prince I had turned down. He seemed furious, his features twisted with anger.

Was this... revenge?

my chest. This

pulled me down, and his hold on my legs was too strong this time for me to break free and kick him. I tried to punch at him, but the water slowed

laughed at me, his gills fluttering

down, reached forward, and

hands laid flat over his gills. If he was trying to drown me, then I would suffocate him. Fair was fair, and I wanted

back to Elva!

happened. I'd promised him I'd be careful. I couldn't let myself die just because some

he used now to thrash

a whirlwind, being thrown this way and that as if caught in the

I saw

flat on Prince Ronan's chest, and in an

of the water. But it was so far.

was turning

couldn't give up, but everything

in my mind, but she was weakened now too. That thrashing had shaken

kept my face towards the surface of the water. The sun shimmered on the surface. I only had to reach