Longing For My Rejected Luna novel Chapter 40

*****Erika’s POV*****

Who had pushed me? I struggled to come out of the water but a body pushed me back and held me down. Beneath the somewhat deep water, the face was masked. I struggled to get out of the stronghold of this mysterious person whose intent was obvious to me — they wanted to drown me.

I continued to struggle with them. I could not afford to lose this wrestle with them. Who was this? They had chose the perfect time to come. Just when Tasyra had left. Had they been watching me? I put all of my strength into this struggle with this person.

I managed to grab as fistful of their shirt, using it as an anchor to pull myself up. I was able to raise myself and in a mist of rage, my forehead connected with theirs. I heard a muffled groan. Using that moment of weakness to my advantage, I kicked them and pulled myself bout of the water gasping for breath. I was almost on land when they held my left ankle and tugged.

No, I could not let them drag me back to the water. I would not be drowned to death by a stranger while my dad was fighting for his life and my best friend was yet to regain consciousness. I had my father’s legacy to continue. So, no, I would not die. Feeling the strength and anger of my wolf emerge, I twisted my ankle to free myself from their grip.

As I was twisting my ankle free, they pulled at it with force. A scream erupted from my lips, I had sprained that part of my leg and it hurt bad. They pulled it still, I bit my lip to prevent from screaming. This person might be dangerous, there was no need to endanger the life of my members.

I was pulled back into the water but I was fast enough not to let myself be submerged. But I was unlucky in trying to nod them again, they dodged and landed me a jab on my nose.

“Arghh!” That hurt like hell. I was bleeding, and was being submerged under the water again.

I was losing my breath, bubbles rose from my mouth as I helplessly swallowed water. My brain was shutting down, I was helpless and drowning. My lids were closing, I could not control them. I jerked, my life was flashing before my eyes, my strength was waning, I could not put up much fight anymore.

Then I let go. I stopped fighting and went limp. My eyes closed finally. My masked attacker was releasing their hold on me, and soon I was, I felt light. There was no weight atop me. They had let go too.

I bid my time, held my breath and opened one of my eyes, they had their back turned to leave the water. Acting quickly, I jumped from the water, ignoring the pain that shot up my sprained ankle. I tapped them on the shoulder. They turned and without wasting time, my fist connected with their jaw, they staggered. Their mask was light but it was thick enough to conceal their identity.

I did not give them time to recover, I landed another one on their face. I limped slightly, moving forward as they staggered back from the force of my punches. I continued to throw punches, hitting them squarely on the face. But they dodged the last punch, and staggering they pulled out a small knife from its sheath.