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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and put it to the wall. It

The

I was certain

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

just like that, a door swung open, revealing

widened his

don’t know,” I

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

wolf form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at

a way

barked at

are you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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His eyes were wild with it. His

fully human

two of the men, pushing them away

Julian had already turned around and tackled two

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

let me help

a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The collar was

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into

my

I gasped, but held on. If I could get him free, he would likely regain his strength. I didn’t have

could just get him

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

forward again, eager to return

his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the

widening in horror as a wolf stepped closer

My whole heart shattered.

so violently ripped away and given instead to

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

growled at me as it stepped

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