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 collar was powerful magic, but we

seemed quite eager to do my bidding up until

her scent. I’d use

could do neither of those things now, so I had to settle for staining

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

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me, would you?” she teased. “Not when I

nothing like her!” I

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

you

of her mouth as her smile grew. “Do you think Piper will be upset with that? She’s so fond of you.

flame. I would never let

into the meat of her arm. She yelped as she dodged away before I could take

of the wall. There was nothing there, just a picture of a sailboat and some crown

reached 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 I hadn’t seen it. There hadn’t

hidden, even here, in my private rooms. How

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

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

I was a

started forward, coming closer. They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and claw that they should

of the members asked. “Isn’t the

shoving one of the men forward. “Don’t be such a godd

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

my arms and legs. A

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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

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful as

torn between man and wolf. Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My sister

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Chapter 0322

Nichola s’s room. I

answer.

he’s asleep,”

it’s

handle. The door opened at once, pushing inward. Together,

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

center of the room. He paused, and turned

“Feel what?”

lifted his head and

mentioned it, now that I knew what to focus on, yes. I could feel it too, like a tingle in the back

this happen?” I asked, wandering around the room. The claw marks

have they done to

distantly, muf fled through stone and

I could feel it pull

didn’t belong

“He’s here. Somewhere. There has to

turned back to the wall, where

nothing there, Piper.

seem right. Visually, I knew I should have been able to see the outlines of a passageway,

way, it seemed to whisper. This will lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the now-familiar

was here, I was

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open, revealing an opening right in

widened his features.

know,” I said

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

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

somehow, in a way I had never seen

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

are you going to