The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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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.

seemed to whisper. This will lead you

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

The

was here, I was

my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed against

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing

to my side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did

don’t know,” I said

He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding

One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped

somehow, in a way I

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

are you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook, tremoring with barely

of an eye, fully human one second, and

pushing them away

had already turned around and tackled two more, clearing a

side. He inched forward, trying

me

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

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into

my

on. If I could get him free, he would likely regain

could just

collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas had

again, eager to return

tackled me, sending me

eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped

My whole heart shattered.

wolf, a piece of me that had been so violently ripped away and given instead to my sister. Now, she was using it against

the growing bruises from where

growled at me

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