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.

his expression was unreadable. He looked so much like Nicholas in that moment; it was clear

wolf,” he said.

I shouldn’t have –”

way. I could only imagine what it must

to be reunited.”

I hooked my fingers together

carved out, hollow

fiddled with his

out here.”

lost?” I

from 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 way. Those at the mansion will be

meant to cause trouble. I just… I felt a pull,

his face and then sighed dramatically. “I suppose we’ll

for Plan

“What’s plan B?”

He winked.

“Julian.”

“Trust me, Piper.”

far too manipulative, always

and

trust Nicholas,” I said.

his heart. “You wound

to admit how this banter helped me feel a bit

my trust yet.”

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

Chapter 0105

longer, until the horses were rested, then we began the slow ride back

tried asking, hoping he might surprise me with

trust between us,” he said, evasive as

I sighed.

me, but I’m only not

before I

internet, so I could just look it up. As it was, I was at the mercy of whatever information Julian wanted

the palace,

to text with

sneaky. His

we walked our horses toward the paddock, a camera crew rushed toward us as if they had been waiting for our return. Cameras pushed straight into

questions.

Tell us about

Was it worth the risk, breaking the rules to see the prince?”

you think what you’ve done is

shoulders. “Come now, guys. This is no big secret.

is

froze. I’d already been blindsided by the cameras and questions, and now Julian was making up

absurd lie?

me a wide, cocksure grin that seemed to say, Play

Are you Julian’s favorite?”

good liar.

sugar plum. Julian nuzzled against my cheek.

I

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