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.”

for a moment, surprised. Since when did Julian worry about me? And he wasn’t taking it back. He was just leaving it out there in the open, for me

that I didn’t know how to evaluate. I was so used to Julian’s teasing that I didn’t know what to do when

he dropped his head. When he lifted it again, he wore a charming smile. “You should see your face

both the opening we needed to move past an impossible moment. So I grasped onto it and gave him a smile of

your face,” I said,

hand to his heart. “You wound

time. Not even a black eye could detract from the

and silence began once more, I knew I had

want to devalue such a

forget my plight because

I

I found Terry at all was because I was led there,”

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

“By whom?”

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

you recognize her?”

“Did you recor