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,

to do my bidding up until a moment

to remove her scent. I’d use all the mouthwash in the kingdom to get the

could do neither of those things now, so I had to settle for staining my floors with her

all my muscles

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you?” she teased. “Not

like

the same face, you oaf. That had been

you

her smile grew. “Do you think Piper will be upset

flame. I would never let her get away with purposefully

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

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

up, touched part of the sailboat, and an entire door opened right there in that spot on the wall. I wouldn’t have believed it if

hidden, even here, in my private rooms.

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

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 ard alive.”

rd? I was

forward, coming closer. They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and claw that they should never underestimate

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

said, shoving one of the

but a

I 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

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

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half-way state of shifting. My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all the way. It felt as if

She seemed positively gleeful as she gazed down

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

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Chapter 0322

the way to Nichola s’s

answer.

he’s asleep,” I

if it’s locked,”

once, pushing inward.

been shoved over. The carpet was torn to shreds, like wolf claws had sliced straight through.

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

“Feel what?”

head and looked

I could feel it too, like

marks seemed to lead toward a

What have they

distantly, muf fled through stone and wood, I

it pull inside of me

didn’t belong

it,” Julian said. “He’s here. Somewhere. There has

the wall, where a painting of a

nothing there, Piper. Keep

a passageway, especially if it had been

to whisper. This will lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

I was

the pull of my heart lead the way. It

I pressed down.

There was a click.

like that, a door swung open,

side. Disbelief widened his features.

don’t know,”

could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into a room

form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had never

Julian barked at me. “Remove that d amn

you going