The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0104

I pushed the horse as fast as she could go. My wolf was here, I could feel it.

But then, suddenly, it felt further away. It was leaving me!

In the driveway beyond the house, a car started to drive away. I pulled at the reins, guiding the horse in

that direction.

Faster, faster. We were going to lose it!

The horse huffed with each heavy exhale. Its hooves clattered against the concrete driveway. We followed the car as it pulled out onto the road, slipping straight through the rod–iron gate that had opened

for the car.1

Julian was right behind me. He’d stopped calling for me and instead now followed my lead.

We chased that car. The windows were tinted, I couldn’t see inside. But I knew my wolf was there. It was

so close, I could have cried.

But then the road reached a straight stretch, and the car accelerated to a faster speed than my horse

had any chance of matching.

The distance expanded, adding yard after yard, until the car was on the horizon line, and my horse was

slowing from exhaustion.

I watched the car go, even long after it was out of sight. Inside my chest, the tether between me and my

wolf stretched and stretched, until it finally snapped and was gone.

Julian dismounted quickly beside me. “We have to get off the road.”

As I stood there in shock, he grabbed the reins of my horse as well as his own, and led both away from

the road and into the forest brush alongside it.

I was numb. I couldn’t move.

For one brief moment, I had felt my wolf again. Now, as before, I was empty.

Julian, a man determined, carefully guided our horses deeper into the woods. He didn’t say a word the

entire time

He could have been mad at me, I wasn’t sure. Whenever I had seen Julian mad in the past, typically at

Nicholas, he had lashed out with a sharp smirk and barbed insults. This silence was something new.

In the depths of the forest, we reached a small grassy patch. Julian stopped, and the horses began to

“Can you get down?” Julian asked me. “We need to let the horses rest for a few moments. We pushed them pretty hard.”

I understood and slowly dismounted the mare.

Nicholas in that moment; it was clear

he said. “In

shouldn’t have –”

have calculated that you might react that way. I could only imagine what it must have

to be

I tried. Instead, I hooked my fingers together and sunk in

I felt carved

stood there in silence again. Julian fiddled with his phone, but he seemed frustrated with it.

signal out

we lost?” I asked.

it won’t be so secret if I can’t coordinate with Brian. We’re way off the prepared route, and I don’t dare go back

I just… I felt a pull, and I had to

hand down his face and then

for Plan

“What’s plan B?”

He winked.

“Julian.”

“Trust me, Piper.”

didn’t. Couldn’t. Julian was far too manipulative, always

and

Nicholas,” I said.

a hand over his

unwilling to admit how this banter helped me feel a bit better. “You haven’t

my trust yet.”

smirked. It was nice to see him back to his usual self. “I’m likely the

Chapter 0105

waited a bit longer, until the horses were rested, then we began the slow ride back to

asking, hoping

will have established great trust between us,” he said,

I sighed.

me. “You won’t believe me, but I’m only not telling you for your own protection. I need

before I

to the internet, so I could just look it up.

the palace, Julian suggested we

began to text with Brian.

to be sneaky. His phone

our horses toward the paddock, a camera crew rushed toward us as if they had been waiting for our

questions.

about

worth the risk, breaking the

think what you’ve done is fair to the

around my shoulders. “Come now, guys. This is no big secret. Hasn’t it been obvious

Piper is my

been blindsided by the cameras and questions, and now Julian was making

an absurd

flashed me a wide, cocksure grin

that true? Are

wasn’t a good liar. “…

cheek. It took everything I had

I

man, but this was too close, too much. Especially because I knew he was