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?

wolf itched under the surface of my skin. The collar had chained him back, but we both fought

my bidding up until a moment

shower to remove her scent. I’d use all

do neither of those things now, so I had to

I tensed all my muscles and shot forward. She was

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

like her!”

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

you

her smile grew. “Do you

I would never let her get away with purposefully

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

to an innocuous part of the wall. There was nothing there, just

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it. There hadn’t been any creases in the wall,

here, in my

the new doorway, a score of men dressed in black

to make him complacent, but don’t kill him.

I

men started forward, coming closer. They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and claw that they should never underestimate a wounded

shifting?” one of the members asked. “Isn’t the collar

the men forward. “Don’t be such

but a

added a challenge. One landed a solid blow to my jaw that unsteadied me. A sixth

and legs. A snapped against their hold, biting

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in 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 invisible wall was

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful as she gazed

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

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Chapter 0322

to Nichola s’s room.

answer.

asleep,”

it’s locked,” Julian

pushing inward.

The carpet was torn to shreds, like wolf claws had sliced straight through. There were

center of the room. He

“Feel what?”

his head

that he mentioned it, now that I knew what to focus on, yes. I could feel it too, like a tingle in the back of my mind. Or my nose preparing

room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward a wall, like

What have they

through stone and wood, I heard

pull inside of me much

belong to

has to be a passage.” Julian went for

where a painting

nothing there, Piper.

should have been able to see the outlines of a passageway, especially if it had been recently used. But right

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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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to the wall. It

passage was here, I was

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

like that, a door swung open, revealing an opening

widened his features. “How

don’t know,” I said

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

One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark

somehow, in a way I had never seen

barked at me. “Remove that d

you going to