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?

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

eager to do my bidding up

stomach. I’d need a shower to remove her scent. I’d use

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

tensed all my muscles and

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wouldn’t hurt me, would you?” she teased. “Not when I look so much

nothing like her!” I

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

you

smile grew. “Do you think Piper will be

would

the meat of her arm. She yelped as she

rushed to an innocuous part of the wall. There

there in that spot on the wall. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it. There hadn’t been any

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

black came pouring out. Members of the

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

ta rd? I was

with sharp tooth and claw that they should

one of the

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

but a

da mned collar did limit some of my senses. I could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge. One landed a solid blow to my jaw that unsteadied

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

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My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all the way. It felt as if an invisible wall

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful

demanded, my voice raw, torn between man and wolf. Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My sister loves you. And I

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Chapter 0322

s’s room. I knocked on the door, but there

answer.

asleep,”

it’s locked,” Julian

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

was torn to shreds, like wolf claws had

into the center of the room. He paused, and turned to me. “Do you feel

“Feel what?”

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 of my

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

they done to

fled through stone and wood,

pull inside of me much like my own

didn’t belong to me.

said. “He’s here. Somewhere. There has to be a

turned back to the wall, where a

nothing there, Piper.

seem right. Visually, I knew I should have been able to see the outlines of a passageway, especially if it had been recently used. But right now, my

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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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

I

heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing an

widened his

don’t know,” I said

to hell with it, let’s go.” He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into a room

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

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had

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

you going to