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

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

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

so I had to

muscles and shot forward.

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

are nothing like her!”

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

you

tapped her finger against the side of her mouth as her smile grew. “Do you think Piper will be upset with that? She’s so fond of you. It would break her

an ever-burning flame. I would never let

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

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

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 been any creases in the wall, no giveaways

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

the new doorway, a score of men dressed in black came pouring

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 a

shifting?” one of the members asked.

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

but a

could fight off three or four at once, fifth added a challenge. One landed a solid

piled on top of me, containing my arms and legs. A snapped against their hold, biting at anything I

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

She seemed positively gleeful as

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

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Chapter 0322

s’s room. I knocked on

answer.

asleep,”

it’s locked,” Julian

inward. Together, Julian and I

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

of the room. He paused, and turned to

“Feel what?”

lifted his head and looked around.

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

the room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward a wall, like someone had been dragged

they done to

and wood, I heard

wolf. I could feel it pull inside of me much like my own

this one didn’t belong to me. It

There has to be a

wall, where a painting of

there, Piper.

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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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and put it to the wall. It felt

passage was here, I

way. It compelled me

I pressed down.

There was a click.

just like that, a door swung open, revealing an opening right in front of

widened his features. “How

don’t know,” I said

the passageway first. I

burst through, iron bars bent. He

weakened somehow, in a way I

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

are you going to