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?

not control me,” I growled. My wolf itched under the surface of my skin. The collar had chained him back, but we both fought against those binds. The collar was powerful magic, but we would not go down without a

my bidding up until a

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

neither of those things now, so I had to settle for staining my floors

the hold of the collar, I tensed all my muscles and shot forward.

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“Not when I

like

lifted her chin. “We wear the same face, you

you

as her smile grew. “Do you

an ever-burning flame. I would never

hands, half claws now, sliced into the meat of her arm. She yelped as she dodged away before I

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

entire door opened right there in that spot on the wall. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it. There hadn’t

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

the new doorway, a score of men dressed in black came pouring out. Members of the underground organization, most

have to, to make

ta rd? I

I taught them with sharp tooth and claw

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

the men forward. “Don’t

but a

some of my senses. I could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge.

me, containing my arms and legs. A

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painfully in a half-way state of shifting. My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful as she gazed down at

this?” I demanded, my voice raw, torn between man and wolf. Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why

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Chapter 0322

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

answer.

he’s asleep,”

if it’s

tried the handle. The door opened at once, pushing inward. Together, Julian and I stumbled into the

had been shoved over. The carpet was torn to shreds, like wolf claws had sliced straight through. There were claw marks etched into

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

“Feel what?”

his head and

what to focus on, yes. I could feel it too, like a tingle in the

asked, wandering around the room. The claw marks seemed to

they

distantly, muf fled through stone and wood, I heard

that wolf. I could feel it pull inside

one didn’t belong to me. It was

said. “He’s here. Somewhere. There has

wall, where a painting

there, Piper. Keep

see the outlines of a passageway, especially if it had been recently

it seemed to whisper. This will lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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

was here, I

my eyes, and let the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me

I pressed down.

There was a click.

just like that, a door swung open, revealing an opening right in front

my side. Disbelief widened

don’t know,”

nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first.

his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some

in a way I had never seen

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove that d

you