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.

seemed to whisper. This

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the now-familiar tingle of

The

here, I

let the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed against the

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open,

side. Disbelief widened his features.

don’t know,” I

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

been burst through, iron bars bent. He

in a way I had never seen him

to him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His

of an eye, fully human one second, and fully wolf

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

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

Nichola s’s side. He inched forward,

me help

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

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into

my

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

could just get

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

darted forward again, eager to

side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the

eyes widening in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

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

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

me as it stepped