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.

just needed someone to protect her from the danger beneath her.

the space between Ronan and Piper just as Ronan came near. Rather

and sunk my claws straight into his shoulder.

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

dared to touch what

he think he was to touch

mind, My mate. We must

had thought he would have been able to get to Piper without opposition - that he could simply swoop in,

Piper is loved and valued and would be protected until my dying

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

red. Content belong

have the advantage here, being able to breathe underwater. In addition, his tail made him fast and his swimming

him. I just needed

wolf roaring in my mind, I drew back my claws and then clamped them down on Ronan's neck, right

from his eyes, replaced now only with fear. If he wanted to drown me,

I wasn't about

what belonged

he dared hurt Piper. Dared

would

the immense muscle there, flicked me away from him. I kept holding on. My claws did more damage on the way out, tearing

the water. Sharks

tail and fled

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

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

a fast sweep of a gaze. There was

could start to swim toward them, a hand came into my vision. How singularly focused I must have been to not

his hand in front

that a boat would be faster travel than my own tired legs. So