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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the now-familiar tingle

The

here, I was certain

the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand.

I pressed down.

There was a click.

that, a door swung open, revealing an opening

widened his features. “How

know,”

go.” He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into a room filled with

tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were

in a way I had never seen him

him,” Julian barked at me.

you going

“Save my

brother.”

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His eyes were wild with

in a blink of an eye, fully human

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

well, dodging what I could. Julian had already turned around and tackled two more, clearing a path for

s’s side. He

me help

hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The

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into

my

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

I could just

yanked me back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then

darted forward again, eager to

to his side, someone tackled me, sending

horror as a wolf stepped closer

My whole heart shattered.

been so violently ripped away

soul, the growing bruises from where

wolf growled at me as it