The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0576

At the last moment, I reached out and grabbed her wrist with my hand. She hadn't been expecting it, so she was unprepared for the sudden weight. Holding tightly, I pulled her as I fell, so that we both toppled over the side of the boat and into the water.

The ocean water was deep and cold. I hadn't been expecting the fall so I had not properly inhaled. I was quickly running out of air as I thrashed and kicked, searching near-endlessly for the surface.

Occasionally my thrashing hand or elbow or knee knocked into Bridget. She was struggling too.

Then, finally, blessedly, I breached the surface and sucked in a large, deep breath. Looking around, I saw the boat still pushing forward. Beside me, Bridget's head rose above the water. I had to do a double take, to make sure it was her.

Her hair was soaked, streaking down over her face. But through those blonde messy streaks was a face blotched with reds and tans and running mascara streaking down her face. She always made it seem so natural, I had no idea she had so much makeup on.

What was most surprising however, was the look of absolute murder on Bridget's face. She glared at me, rage burning in her eyeliner crusted eyes.

"Look at what you did to me!" she shouted so loudly her voice broke. "Look at my fucking face!"

With the harsh waves, it was difficult to keep above water. I kept bobbing up and down. I dipped below a few times but forced myself back up. Each time I resurfaced, Bridget's fury met me, both in her glare and in her voice.

"How could you do this to me?!*

Enough was enough. This woman was seemingly forgetting that she had pushed me first. I'd had well enough of her bullshit, even with the terror gripping through me. We were adrift, with the endless blue beneath us and our ship driving away. But somehow I was the focal point of Bridget's attention.

"You. Pushed. Me!" I shouted back. "You tried to kill me!"

"What?" Bridget yelled. She dipped underwater. I did too. When we both resurfaced again, I screamed, "You were going to kill me!"

"You're delusional!" Bridget shouted.

"You pushed me!"

"You slipped! Then you tried to drag me!"

"Because you pushed me!"

of which way meant safety and which way was death. Only with my eyes open could I see the light of the sun breaking through the surface

the light, I found

flickering through the light beams illuminated in the water. I

surged, forcing me to

To the death, most likely. But I would also do my best to

I needed Nicholas.

wouldn't abandon her like her biological mother did. I would fight for my

I breached the water.

"Nicholas!!"

think you are? If he should

merfolk head was starting to appear at the water's surface, and panic and fear clawed so tightly at my throat that I couldn't breathe

help

focus on nothing

throat. That might give me some advantage. If he pulled

I readied my

did not throw

one of the Ambassador's

wasn't an enemy.

still couldn't speak, but I lowered my arm back

the merfolk said. His voice sounded straight above the water, as if it was raw from disuse. "You will

heart was too busy beating out of control. "May I touch you?" the merfolk solider asked. "I can lead

underwater. I reached out to the merfolk who took that as the consent it was and lifted me up above

of him and his massive fish tail made certain that I never dipped below the

your ship that you have fallen overboard," the merfolk said. "They are stopping. I will

Yes, it did seem as if the ship had stopped. Nearby, I noticed that a second merfolk had stopped to help Bridget as well. Back on the

Nicholas been wearing

person began to swim towards us