The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0169

People didn’t just vanish

Bookcase after bookcase lined the walls I gently dragged my fingers over the spines. Some of the books seemed ancient, others newer. They sat side by side on the shelfs, a balance of new and old.

When I reached the wall behind the couch, I noticed, there on the ground, a tiny bit of black sticking out from under the bottom former of one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from the furniture.

I

It was a small black feather, just like the ones that had graced the shoulders of the mysterious woman’s

So she was here.

I knew she was real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for my tired mind.

The fact that the feather was under the bookcase Could that mean there was a secret passage here?

I

Tucking the feather into my pocket, I searched closer. No books were jutting out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to open it wasn’t as obvious as something that would be in the movies. Still, there had to be something.

I continued searching, running my hands along the wooden dividers of the shelves.

Piper?

I nearly jumped out of my skin.

Behind me, Nicholas walked into the room. He was handsome in a three–piece suit, and his piercing gaze stole my breath a moment.

it was, he had caught me somewhere

he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been careful enough! “What

particularly annoyed that I was here. His face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one of

Women?

The last time we had been in this room together, he had saved me from a horrible man–shaped

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just

bookcase lined the walls. I gently dragged my fingers

side by side on the shelfs, a balance of

ion out

couch, I noticed, there on the ground, a

one of the bookcases. I knelt down and pried it away from the

was a small black feather, just like the ones that had

dress.

she was

she was real, but to have the extra validation did wonders for my tired

bookcase. Could that mean

jutting out further than the rest. The sconces didn’t budge when I tugged them. If this was a secret door, the trigger to open it wasn’t as obvious as something that would be in

continued searching, running my hands along

“Piper?”

nearly jumped out of my skin.

Nicholas walked into the room. He was handsome in a three–piece suit, and his piercing gaze stole my breath a moment.

have been the perfect spot for a secret tryst. As it was, he had caught me somewhere I had no place or permission

me they saw you come down this way,” he said. Inwardly, I cursed myself. I hadn’t been careful enough! “What are

face wasn’t that neutral. Instead, one of his brows curled

Worried?

last time we had been in this room

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to lie to him about what I was doing here. But as things were, I knew he wouldn’t approve.