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 you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

The

here, I

the pull of my heart lead the way. It

I pressed down.

There was a click.

like that, a door swung open, revealing an opening right

my side. Disbelief widened his

know,” I said

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

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

in a way I had never seen

barked at me. “Remove that

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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angry. His eyes were wild with it.

shifted in a blink of an eye, fully human one second, and fully wolf

I could 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

as well, dodging what I could. Julian had already turned around and tackled

s’s side. He inched forward, trying to place himself in

let me

an arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The collar was an obvious

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into

my

I could get him free, he would likely regain his strength. I didn’t have a wolf. I couldn’t save

just get

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

forward again, eager to

could get to his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground. No,

my eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped closer to

My whole heart shattered.

violently ripped away and given instead

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

growled at me as it