The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0322

Julian and I ran all the way to Nichola s’s room. I knocked on the door, but there was no

answer.

“Maybe he’s asleep,” I said.

“See if it’s locked,” Julian said.

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

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

“He struggled,” Julian said, stepping into the center of the room. He paused, and turned to me. “Do you feel that?”

“Feel what?”

He lifted his head and looked around. “Magic.’

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Now 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 for a sneeze.

“How could this happen?” I asked, wandering around the room. The claw marks seemed to lead toward a wall, like someone had been dragged there.

Nicholas. What have they done to you?

Then, distantly, muf fled through stone and wood, I heard a wolf howl.

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

But this one didn’t belong to me. It was Nicholas.

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

bookcase.

I turned back to the wall, where a painting of a sailboat hung.

“There’s nothing there, Piper. Keep searching!”

Julian went for the

That didn’t 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 heart was pulling me

here.

way, it seemed to whisper. This will lead

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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hand and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the

The

here, I

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

swung open, revealing an opening right in front of

to my side. Disbelief widened his features.

don’t know,”

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

burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were trying to

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had never seen

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook,

a blink of an eye, fully human one second,

could even think to react, he barreled forward. He tackled into two of the men, pushing them away from his brother and

entered the fray as well, dodging what I could. Julian had

fell to my knees at Nichola s’s side. He inched forward, trying to place himself in front of

me help

anyone who came to close. He snapped at an arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of

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into

my

The magic sparkled under my touch, shooting pain up arms. I gasped, but held on. If I could get him free, he would likely regain his strength. I didn’t have a wolf. I couldn’t save us

I could just get him

back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between

again, eager to return to

someone tackled me, sending me sliding along

horror as a wolf stepped

My whole heart shattered.

been so violently ripped away and given instead to

heart, my soul, the growing bruises from where I’d been shoved

at me as it stepped