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.

to whisper. This will lead

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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It felt sturdy, but under that

The

I was certain

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open, revealing

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

don’t know,” I

aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into a

the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who

weakened somehow, in a way I had never

him,” Julian barked at

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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

of an eye, fully human one second, and fully

of the men, pushing them away from his

had already turned around and

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

let me help

a hand. Julian took

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into

my

If I could get him free,

I could just get

collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas had shown me in self-defense class. The attacker

again, eager to return

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

in horror as a wolf

My whole heart shattered.

violently ripped away and given instead to my sister. Now, she was using

bruises from where

me as

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