The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0321

Nicholas

A late night knock rattled my door, rousing me from my sleep. I groaned, threw my arm over

my eyes, and turned over, ready to ignore it.

But then it came again, louder.

Sighing, I lowered my arm and checked my clock. Midnight.

Who could be trying to reach me now?

My heart immediately jumped into my throat. Piper.

Who else would visit me this late? Unannounced?

Perhaps she had changed her mind about pushing the distance between us. Maybe she wanted me to hold her again. Go d, I couldn’t wait to feel her in my arms once more.

In a rush, I threw back my blankets and hopped from my bed. At the door, I wasted no time in drawing it open.

When I saw Piper there, a sense of relief surged through me so fully, I nearly toppled over. My knees went weak. My heart thundered out of control.

“Piper,” I said.

At once, she pounced toward me, jumping straight into my willing arms. She wrapped her own arms around my neck, and h ooked her legs around my waist. Her mouth found mine, latching on for a passionate kiss.

She was being more aggressive than usual, demanding where usually she allowed me the lead. But who was I to deny her? Or to deny myself, when she was all that I ever wanted?

I could be malleable, if this was how she wanted me every now and then. Whatever kept her mouth on mine and her body pressed against me.

Go d, I had missed her so much, I had felt her seeped down into my very bones. Her name was carved along my ribs, I was certain. Her voice, her mouth, her body, everything about her was seared into my heart.

I couldn’t exist without my want of her, my love.

Which was why I felt so confused when my soul, which usually burned brightly in her

presence, felt more unsure than happy.

In the back of my mind, my wolf began to growl – not with its usual possessive intent, but with something darker… something warning…

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Piper’s hands slipped into the space between us. She was undressing herself.

“Whoa,” I said, breaking the kiss. “Slow down, Piper. It’s okay. I’m here, we’ve got all night.” Piper shook her head. “Want you,” she said, voice rough.

No, this felt like too big a difference from the last time I had seen her. Was that why my wolf was unhappy? We needed to make sure this was what she truly wanted, and she wasn’t just acting because she thought I wanted this.

“No. We need to talk first.” I tried to lower her down, but her legs wouldn’t release from around me. “Piper?”

I looked up at her, desperate to know her expression. What I saw there sent a violent shiver through me.

You stu pid as shole, I thought at myself, hating myself in that moment.

Piper – no, Jane – wrapped a collar around

—

my neck.

Knowing this wasn’t Piper, I dropped her and stumbled backwards. Jane landed on her feet like I had barely inconvenienced her. A sharp smirk quirked one corner of her mouth.

I tugged at the collar but it wouldn’t budge. “What is this?”

“Be a good little dog, and sit,” Jane said. Shame went through me. How could I ever think this vile woman with her sharp, vindictive voice could ever be my beautiful and kind Piper?

Jane’s command sent a zip of pain shooting through my body. I grit my teeth, not wanting to show weakness.

“Is this how you mean to play?” she asked. “You think you can fight one of the strongest anti -werewolf measures in the underground?”

A magical collar? Designed to debilitate a werewolf?

surface of my skin. The collar had chained him back, but we both fought against those binds. The

eager to do my bidding up

churned in my stomach. I’d need a shower to remove her scent. I’d use all the mouthwash in the kingdom to get the taste

now, so I had to settle for staining my floors with her

my muscles and shot forward. She was quick and

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hurt me, would you?” she teased. “Not when I look so much like your beloved

like her!”

her chin. “We wear the same face, you oaf. That had been more than enough

you

grew. “Do you think Piper will be upset with that? She’s so fond of you. It would break

an ever-burning flame. I would never let her

again. My hands, half claws now, sliced into the meat of her arm. She

to an innocuous part of the wall. There was nothing there, just a picture of a sailboat and some

wall. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen

had been perfectly hidden, even here, in my private rooms. How long had

in black came pouring out. Members of the underground organization,

Jane gave the orders. “Rough him up if you have to, to make him complacent, but don’t kill him. Hawk wants the bas t

I was

closer. They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and claw that they should never underestimate a wounded

he shifting?” one of the members asked. “Isn’t the collar

Alpha,” Jane said, shoving one of the men forward. “Don’t

but a

I could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge. One landed

my arms and legs. A snapped against their hold, biting at anything I could

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extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all the way. It felt as if an invisible wall

She seemed positively gleeful as she gazed

Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My sister loves

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Chapter 0322

and I ran all the way to Nichola s’s room. I knocked on the door, but

answer.

he’s asleep,”

it’s locked,” Julian

inward. Together, Julian and I stumbled into

to shreds, like wolf claws had sliced

struggled,” Julian said, stepping into the center of the room. He paused, and turned to

“Feel what?”

his head and

to focus on, yes. I could feel it too, like

wandering around the room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward

What have they done to

and

feel it pull inside of me

this one didn’t belong to me.

it,” Julian said. “He’s here. Somewhere. There has to be a passage.” Julian went

turned back to the wall, where a painting of a sailboat

nothing there, Piper. Keep

been able to see the outlines of a passageway, especially if

it seemed to whisper. This will lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

passage was here, I

of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed against the brushstrokes of the

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open, revealing an opening right in

rushed to my side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did

don’t know,” I said

passageway first.

burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were trying to corner

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I

Julian barked at

are you