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?

skin. The collar had chained him back, but we both fought against those binds. The collar was powerful magic, but we

eager to do my bidding up

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

I had to settle for staining

the hold of the collar, I tensed all my muscles and shot forward. She was quick and darted out of the

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she teased. “Not when I look so much like your beloved

nothing like her!” I

the same face, you oaf. That

you

tapped her finger against the side of her mouth as her smile grew. “Do you think

me, an ever-burning flame. I would never let her

claws now, sliced into the meat of her

dog.” Cursing, she rushed to an innocuous part of the wall. There was nothing there, just a picture of

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

even here, in my

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

if you have to, to make him complacent, but don’t kill him. Hawk wants

ta rd? I was a

taught them with sharp tooth and claw that

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

Alpha,” Jane said, shoving one of the

but a

could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge. One landed a solid blow to my jaw that unsteadied me. A sixth shoved me

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

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caught painfully in a half-way state of shifting. My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all the way. It felt as if an invisible wall was holding

seemed positively gleeful

huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My

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Chapter 0322

all the way to Nichola s’s room. I knocked on the

answer.

asleep,”

if it’s locked,” Julian

once, pushing inward. Together, Julian and I

shreds, like wolf

into the center of the room. He paused, and turned to

“Feel what?”

head and

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

room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward a wall, like someone had been

they done

stone and wood,

that wolf. I could feel it pull inside of me much like

one didn’t belong to me. It was

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

where a painting of a sailboat

nothing there,

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

to whisper. This will lead

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

I was certain of

let the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing an opening right in front of

rushed to my side. Disbelief widened

know,” I said

aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened

cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped

in a way I had never seen

him,” Julian barked at

you going