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.

the way, it seemed to whisper. This will

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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my hand and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but

The

here, I was

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

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

to my side. Disbelief widened his features.

don’t know,” I said

hell with it, 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 a room

around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars

seemed tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had

at me. “Remove that

you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook, tremoring with barely

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

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 wall. They hit it with an oof, and

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

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

me

who came to close. He snapped at an arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The

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into

my

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

just get

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

darted forward again, eager

get to his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground.

widening in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

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

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

wolf growled at me as it stepped