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 more than fit for that

into the space between Ronan and Piper just as Ronan came near. Rather than grabbing her, Ronan instead found himself clasping a six foot tall pissed

out and sunk my claws straight into

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

to touch what

he think he was to touch Piper? My friend. My

wolf growled in my mind, My mate. We

Perhaps he had thought he would have been able

is loved and valued and would be protected until

water. Was this what he had planned for Piper? To pull her down until her air ran

turned my vision red. Content

breathe underwater. In addition, his tail made him fast and

need to swim to beat him. I just needed my muscles and my

my mind, I drew back my claws and

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

I wasn't about to let

one touched what

he dared hurt Piper. Dared touch

acts would

immense muscle there, flicked

water. Sharks would be attracted

turned tail and fled as fast as

force of his tail kick pushed me upwards. I was running out of air, but my rage fueled me forward. I kicked and kicked until

fury ebbed, was for Piper. Was she alright? Where was she?

searched the beach with a fast sweep of a gaze. There was

must have been to not notice

his hand in front

my mind reminded me that a