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?

The collar had chained him back, but we both fought against those binds. The collar was powerful magic, but

do my bidding up until a moment ago,” she said,

her scent. I’d use all the mouthwash in

things now, so I had to settle for staining my floors with her

tensed all my muscles and shot forward. She was quick

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

like her!”

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

you

smile grew. “Do you think Piper will be upset with that? She’s so

an ever-burning flame. I would

for her again. My hands, half claws now, sliced into the meat of her

the wall. There was nothing there, just a picture of

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it.

my private rooms. How long had

black came

have to, to make him complacent, but

rd? I was

coming closer. They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and

shifting?” one of the members

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

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

legs. A snapped against their hold, biting at anything I could

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

positively gleeful as

and wolf. Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My sister loves you. And I

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Chapter 0322

to Nichola s’s room. I knocked on the

answer.

asleep,”

if it’s locked,”

inward. Together, Julian and I stumbled into the room. Then, I

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 turned

“Feel what?”

lifted his head and looked around.

it too, like a tingle in

the room. The claw marks seemed to lead

have they

distantly, muf fled through stone and wood,

it pull inside of me much like my own

one didn’t belong to me. It was

it,” Julian said. “He’s here. Somewhere. There has to be a passage.” Julian

where a painting of a sailboat

there, Piper.

been able to see the outlines of a passageway,

it seemed to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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wall. It felt sturdy, but under

here, I was certain of

heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing an opening right in

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

know,”

hell with it, let’s go.” He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I

the cages had been burst through,

seemed tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had

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

are you going to