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CHAPTER 39

Author: Ceci Muse
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-31 06:33:59

RUBY

I couldn’t breathe.

The water swallowed me whole.

The pool’s icy grip tightened around my body as I thrashed, my limbs burning with exhaustion. Panic clawed at my chest as I fought to surface, but I didn’t know how to swim. I couldn’t swim.

My lungs screamed for air. My vision blurred. Was this how it would end?

Sebastian...

I reached for him through the mind-link, my silent plea laced with desperation.

"Ruby! What's happening? Where are you? Answer me!" His voice was sharp with fear, but I couldn’t respond. My body was growing weaker. The darkness at the edges of my vision stretched, consuming me.

Then, just as I was slipping away, strong arms wrapped around me.

A force yanked me upward, breaking through the suffocating depths. Cold air rushed against my skin as my body was hauled onto solid ground, laid on the cold tiles, but I barely noticed. My chest convulsed, and water spilled from my mouth as I coughed violently, my entire body trembling.

My eyes were still closed but I w
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Who is this Warren guy? How does Ruby and Annalisa know him? I don’t know how Ruby or Sebastian can deny what is happening between them esp. after this. I don’t know how they don’t believe they are mates even though Sebastian’s wolf is blocked. They have to know this is and feels different!
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