The Luna Choosing Game

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.

from the danger beneath her. And I was

into the space between Ronan and Piper just as Ronan came near. Rather than grabbing her, Ronan instead

and sunk my claws straight into

had the spell to breathe and speak underwater, not to help me with this fight, but because I wanted him

dared to

think he was to touch Piper?

mind, My

filled with both fury and 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

Piper is loved and valued and would be

my arm, then twisted and began to pull me down, deeper into the water. Was this what he had planned

turned my vision red. Content belong

advantage here, being able to breathe underwater. In addition, his tail

need to swim to beat him. I just needed my

in my mind, I drew back my claws and then

from his eyes, replaced now only with

I wasn't about to let go

touched what belonged to

he dared hurt Piper. Dared touch

would not go

using the immense muscle there, flicked me away from him. I kept holding on. My claws did

Sharks would be attracted

and fled

but my rage fueled me forward. I kicked and kicked until I breached

as the fury ebbed, was for Piper. Was she alright? Where was she? I needed to

with a fast sweep of a gaze. There was a small

vision. How singularly focused I must have been

hand in front

seek out my mate. But the reasonable part of my mind reminded me that a boat would be faster travel