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…

+15 BONUS

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?

my skin. The collar had chained him back, but we

bidding up

I’d use all the mouthwash in the kingdom to get the taste

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

muscles and shot

+15 BONUS

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

nothing like

face, you

you

She 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

I would never let her get away with purposefully

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

f ucking dog.” Cursing, she rushed to an innocuous part of the wall. There

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

secret passage had been perfectly hidden, even here, in my

men dressed in black came pouring out. Members of the underground organization,

to make him complacent, but

rd? I was a

They lacked caution. I taught them with sharp tooth and

he shifting?” one of the members

Alpha,” Jane said, shoving one of the men forward.

but a

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

containing my arms and legs. A

+15 BONUS

state of shifting. My jaw was extended, my teeth sharp. But I couldn’t press all

stepped closer. She seemed positively gleeful as she

Jane huffed a harsh laugh. “Why else? My sister loves

+15 BONUS

Chapter 0322

s’s

answer.

he’s asleep,” I

if it’s locked,”

door opened at once, pushing inward. Together, Julian and I

wolf claws had sliced straight through. There were claw marks etched

stepping into the center of the room. He paused,

“Feel what?”

his head and looked

feel it too, like a tingle in the

the room. The claw marks seemed

have they done

stone and wood, I

pull inside of

one didn’t belong to me. It

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

back to the wall, where

nothing there,

I knew I should have been able to see the outlines of a passageway, especially if it had been

the way, it seemed to whisper.

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

+15 BONUS

to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that

here, I was

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing an opening

my side. Disbelief widened his

know,” I said

the passageway first.

was there in wolf form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent.

a way I had never seen

barked at me. “Remove that d amn

are you going to