Longing For My Rejected Luna

Chapter 40

skrkkErika's POV#kRRk

Who had pushed me? | struggled to cout of the water but a body pushedback and helddown.

Beneath the somewhat deep water, the face was masked. | struggled to get out of the stronghold of this

mysterious person whose intent was obvious to- they wanted to drown me.

| continued to struggle with them. | could not afford to lose this wrestle with them. Who was this? They had

chose the perfect tto come. Just when Tasyra had left. Had they been watching me? | 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. | was able to raise myself and in

a mist of rage, my forehead connected with theirs.

| heard a muffled groan. Using that moment of weakness to my advantage, | kicked them and pulled myself bout

of the water gasping for breath. | was almost on land when they held my left ankle and tugged.

No, | could not let them dragback to the water. | 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. | had my father's legacy to continue.

So, no, | would not die. Feeling the strength and anger of my wolf emerge, | twisted my ankle to free myself from

their grip.

As | was twisting my ankle free, they pulled at it with force. A scream erupted from my lips, | had sprained that

part of my leg and it hurt bad. They pulled it still, | 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 | was fast enough not to let myself be submerged. But | was unlucky in

trying to nod them again, they dodged and landeda jab on my nose.

"Arghh!" That hurt like hell. | was bleeding, and was being submerged under the water again.

| was losing my breath, bubbles rose from my mouth as I helplessly swallowed water. My brain was shutting

down, | was helpless and drowning. My lids were closing, | could not control them. | jerked, my life was flashing

before my eyes, my strength was waning, I could not put up much fight anymore.

Then | let go. | stopped fighting and went limp. My eyes closed finally. My masked attacker was releasing their

hold on me, and soon | was, | felt light. There was no weight atop me. They had let go too.

| bid my time, held my breath and opened one of my eyes, they had their back turned to leave the water. Acting

quickly, | jumped from the water, ignoring the pain that shot up my sprained ankle. | 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 tto recover, | landed another one on their face. | limped slightly, moving forward as they

staggered back from the force of my punches. | 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.

"Who are you?" | began to run... more like limp backwards. This person cprepared.

But instead of replying, they cforward and lunged at me, | arched my back, narrowly missing the knife. | was

drenched and cold, my ankle hurt. But that was not an excuse to easily surrender. They thrust forward the knife

again, aiming for my chest this person was determined to killand in trying to dodge, the knife sliced my side,

| cried out in pain. Blood dripped.

"Who are you?!" | held my side, limping away from danger. "Who sent you? What

do you want with me?" | was breathless and tired. But | would not offer my life to this person.

| targeted the mask, | would try to get close enough to pull it off. That would quell my curiosity. They lunged

forward again, but | was

lucky to miss. Unfortunately,

my big

toe hit a stone, | pressed mydips tight to muffle the sound of pain. They lunged forward again, | was not fast and

it sliced my back. And | received a blow on my temple, | saw stars. | shook my head to clear my hazy vision.

They attacked and pushedinto the water, | held their cloth so we both fell. Noticing my left knee was position

between their legs, | kicked brutally. They fell backwards. | climbed them and struggled to get their mask off, it

beca heated struggle as they sliced my hand. The more | tried to get it off, the more | was sliced. Soon, my

whole hand was covered in my own blood.

| was becoming weak, | had to act

fast before bled to death. | punched them severally but our positions were turned and | was beneath. They were

about to drive the knife into my eye but | held them. Dwas in a lot of pains but now was not the time

acknowledge it. | turned the knife on them and letting out a furious growl, drove the weapon into their chest and

twisted. Twice. Their blood dripped on me, | pushed them away.

They fell without resistance. | crawled to their face and pulled the mask. | frowned. Who was this person? I'd

never seen them my entire life. Raising my head to scan the tall trees at the other side of this big river, | felt

scared and struggled to get up and limp quickly out of that place.

Jace's shirt was torn and the white was now filled with red. | was bleeding profusely which was making my vision

blurry. | checked my hand and closed my eyes and swallowed bile. | could not stand blood especially when it was

much.

| was going to pass out, | knew it. But | did not want it to be here. | struggled to climb the stairs and as soon as |

entered Jace's room.

| heard stunned gasps.

"Erika!" Paula screamed.

Strong hands cto holdbefore | reached the floor.

"| was attacked." Was the last thing | said before slipping into unconsciousness.