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?

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

my bidding up until a moment

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

now, so I had to settle for staining my floors

collar, I tensed all my muscles and

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

are nothing like her!” I

wear the same face, you oaf. That had been more than

you

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

an ever-burning flame. I would never let her get away

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

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

there in that spot on the wall. I wouldn’t have believed it if I

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

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

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

I was

I taught them with sharp

one of the

the

but a

of my senses. I could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge. One landed a solid blow to

on top of me, containing my arms and legs. A snapped against

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My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all the

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful as she gazed down

voice raw, torn between man and wolf. Jane huffed a harsh

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Chapter 0322

way to Nichola s’s room. I knocked on

answer.

he’s asleep,”

if it’s

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

wolf claws had sliced

into the center of the room.

“Feel what?”

lifted his head

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

this happen?” I asked, wandering around the room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward

have they done

and wood, I heard a

knew that wolf. I could feel it pull

belong to

There has to

turned back to the wall, where a

nothing there,

outlines of a passageway, especially if it had been recently used. But right now, my heart was pulling me

the way, it seemed to whisper. This will

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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lifted my hand and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the now-familiar

here, I was certain of

the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed against the

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open, revealing an opening right in

to my side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did you do

know,” I

could enter the passageway first.

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

weakened somehow, in a way I

barked at me. “Remove that d amn

you going