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.

it seemed to whisper. This will lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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

The

was here, I was

my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My

I pressed down.

There was a click.

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

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

know,” I

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 filled

wolf form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were trying to corner

a way I had

to him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove that

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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seen Julian so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook,

shifted in a blink of an eye, fully

the men, pushing them away from

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

He inched forward, trying to place

let me

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

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into

my

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

I could just get him

me back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then

again, eager to return to

me, sending me sliding along

in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

me that had been so violently ripped away

the growing bruises from

growled at me as it stepped