The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0266

Where could I hide? Behind the desk? But wouldn’t that be the first place someone would go to if they came to this room? There weren’t many other spots to hide. A couple of high–back chairs were dotted around, but they wouldn’t provide much cover.

“Piper?”

My thoughts came to a screeching halt.

That was Nicholas’s voice.

I rushed back to the door. “Nicholas?”

“Oh, thank God,” came Nicholas’s voice, muffled with the barrier between us.

“How did you know I was in here?”

“I was snooping around. When I didn’t see you with the tour group, I came looking for you.”

“Did they move on without me?” I asked. If they had, Terry likely immediately noticed my absence.

“The servants were taking them back, from what I could tell,” Nicholas said. “Terry wasn’t

with them.”

A pit opened in my stomach. Did that mean he was looking for me too?

“I want to get out of here,” I said, fear apparent in my voice, even to me.

“Step back, Piper.‘

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“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to get you out of there.”

was going to break down the door! I rushed away at once, moving behind the desk. “Okay!” I called. “I’m

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

do you think you are doing?”

I’m getting

snooped through the room. Stop. Just stop. Let a professional handle

jingled in the

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close to the door again.

the lock like a civilized person,” Julian said back. “Just one

The lock clicked.

said with pride. “There we go. No brute force

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

pushed open. Suddenly, Nicholas and Julian were both spilling into

over up and down,

Piper. The GPS works.”

them both, and pulled them both into a hug at the same time. My relief was palpable. I had been even more

found me

held me back, even longer than they needed to. For a long, special moment we stood together, united in our

first. In his absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms

going,” I said.

office,”

find anything in

finger. “But did you look in the right places?”

stepped away from each other. I followed Julian toward the

the drawers,” I said. “Everything

the paper weight. He pressed his hand up along the underside of the drawer above it. There was a popping sound, and

eyes went wide. Of course someone like Terry

Julian said. In the secret compartment he opened was a

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