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.

much like Nicholas in that moment; it

felt your wolf,” he said. “In that car.”

sorry, I shouldn’t

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

be reunited.”

I hooked my fingers together

felt carved out, hollow

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

out here.”

we lost?”

here, but 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 that

cause trouble. I just… I felt a pull, and

get it, Piper. Really.” He ran a hand down his face and then sighed dramatically. “I suppose we’ll

settle for

“What’s plan B?”

He winked.

“Julian.”

“Trust me, Piper.”

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

and

trust Nicholas,” I said.

put a hand over his

unwilling to admit how this banter helped

my trust yet.”

see him back to his usual self.

Chapter 0105

until the horses were rested, then we began

that?” I tried asking, hoping he might surprise me with an actual

great trust between us,” he

I sighed.

me, but I’m only not telling you for your own protection. I need to

this further before

any access to the internet, so I could just look it up. As it was, I was at

the palace,

began to text

sneaky. His phone service returned

rushed toward us as if they had been waiting for our return. Cameras pushed straight into our faces. The producers shouted out

questions.

Tell us about your secret

it worth the risk, breaking the rules to see the

think what you’ve done is

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

Piper is my favorite?”

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

absurd lie?

wide, cocksure grin

true? Are

wasn’t a good liar.

against my cheek. It took everything I had not to

I

too close, too