The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0558

Nicholas POV

Panic and fear waged war in my heart as I swam down into that water and saw Piper, the woman who had claimed my heart more than once, losing consciousness. Her eyes were slipping closed. She was running out of air.

Veronica was doing her best to drag Piper to the surface, but Piper was barely kicking now. She was dead weight, dragging Veronica down too.

My heart was in my throat. My stomach twisted uncomfortably. Piper looked dead. She was drowning, I was losing her.

I couldn't lose her.

Kicking downward, I reached out for Piper. I still had fresh air in my mouth from before I dived underwater, so the moment Piper was in my arms, I touched her face, tilted her head, and brought my mouth down to hers.

A kiss of life, I breathed my air into her lungs.

Relief surged through me as I felt her stir against me. She was alive.

As I ended the kiss, Veronica was still there, waiting. She reached for Piper, and, with Piper kicking again, we all pushed toward the surface.

Movement brought my attention down to the depths beneath us.

And there, I saw the shape of merfolk man with a massive fish tail, rushing toward us - toward Piper. As he came closer, I recognized him as that asshole prince from the merfolk ball. The one who had tried to make moves on Piper, and then wouldn't listen to her rejection.

This asshole had already tried to take something that didn't belong to him, and now he was trying to take Piper's life?

My inner wolf howled in raged, his anger rising in tandem with my own. My fingers curled, my claws breaking through my skin.

I exchanged only a passing glance with Veronica, who immediately understood. She took on the bulk of Piper's weight. Together, they breached the surface. Piper, thankfully, could have air of her own.

Now, she just needed someone to protect her from the danger beneath her. And I was more than fit for that task.

Ronan came near. Rather than grabbing her, Ronan instead found himself clasping

sunk my claws

me with this

fucking asshole dared to touch what

to touch

bloodthirsty wolf growled in my mind, My mate. We must

fear. Perhaps he had thought he would have been able to get to Piper without opposition - that he could simply swoop in, murder her, and leave

is loved and valued and

arm, then twisted and began to pull me down, deeper into the water. Was this what he had planned for Piper? To pull her

turned my

able to breathe underwater. In addition, his tail made

didn't need to swim to beat him. I just

my claws and then clamped them down on Ronan's neck, right

cried out as his blood spilled out into the water. The anger diffused entirely from his eyes, replaced now only with fear. If he wanted to drown me, he had to keep dragging me down, but to do so would mean

about to let go

touched what belonged to

dared hurt Piper.

would not go

flesh. And finally, his will broke. He slipped his massive tail between us, and using the immense muscle there, flicked me

Sharks

fled as fast

rage fueled me forward. I kicked and

for Piper. Was she alright? Where was she?

a gaze. There was a small crowd

came into my vision. How singularly focused I must have been to not notice the small boat drifting towards me until it

hand in front of my face. "Get

that a boat