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.”

the door! I rushed away at once, moving behind the desk. “Okay!” I called.

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

hissed. “What the hell do you think you

I’m

making it clear we’ve snooped through the room. Stop.

jingled in the lock.

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door again. “What are

like a civilized person,” Julian

The lock clicked.

Julian said with pride. “There we go.

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

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

looked me over up and down, his face

message, Piper. The GPS

the same time. My relief was palpable. I had been even more scared than I had wanted to admit. My hands were still

had found

to. For a long, special moment we stood together,

his absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms around me, holding me closer.

should get going,” I said.

uncle’s office,”

didn’t find anything in

a finger. “But did you look in

Nicholas and I stepped away from each other. I

searched the drawers,” I said.

opened the drawer with 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

drawers,” Julian said. In the secret compartment he opened was

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