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.

to whisper. This will lead you

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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wall. It felt sturdy, but

The

was here, I was certain

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

a door swung open, revealing an opening right in front of

to my side. Disbelief widened

know,” I

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

burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had never

Julian barked at me. “Remove that

are you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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never seen Julian so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook,

eye, fully human one second, and fully wolf in the

of the men, pushing them away

what I could. Julian had already turned around

knees at Nichola s’s side. He inched forward, trying to place

let me

hand. Julian took care of most

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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 from this. But

just

to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted,

forward again, eager to return to

side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground. No, not a person, a

watched, my eyes widening in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

piece of me that had been so violently ripped away and given instead to my sister. Now, she

the growing bruises from where I’d been shoved to

me as