The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0165

When I asked Julian if he wanted to continue the investigation, I had thought he might be a hard sell.

What I hadn’t expected was for him to put me down flat.

“No.”

“No?” I said, startled.

“No, Piper. Nicholas is right. It was wrong of me to try to include you. I knowingly placed you in danger.”

“I’m old enough to make my own choices,” I argued. “I could have said no at any time.”

“Could you? Really? At the mere mention of your wolf, you were ready to do anything. And when you felt it, and you chased after that car, you were practically out of your mind. I should have stopped you then. I should have ended the Investigation right at that moment.”

“Ending it wouldn’t solve anything,” I said. “I wasn’t lying last night. Whether I find my wolf or not, it doesn’t matter. What matters is we put a stop to the people that are doing this. I don’t care how high up the conspiracy goes.”

“Face it, Piper. We flew too close to the sun. We could have lost everything.” He looked at me with meaning, in a way I hadn’t seen before from him, or could discern. “We nearly lost you.”

so much genuine emotion that I had to sit back for a moment, surprised. Since when did Julian worry about me?

was so used to Julian’s

have known that, or at least, been able to figure it out, because he dropped his head. When he lifted it again, he wore a charming smile. “You should see your face

but it gave us both the opening we needed to move past an impossible moment. So I grasped onto

your face,”

placed his hand to his heart.

Not even a black eye could

more, I knew I had to make a push. That he cared

me was flattering, certainly, and I didn’t want to devalue such a rare emotion from him. But

just forget my plight because of

I

found Terry at all was because

something sparked in Julian’s good eye, and I hoped that meant I snagged

“By whom?”

woman in a black dress,” I said. “Not one

you recognize

“Did you recor