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.

is the way, it seemed to whisper. This will lead

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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It felt

The

I was

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

swung open, revealing an opening right in

to my side. Disbelief widened his features.

know,”

so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down,

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

seemed tired, weakened somehow, in a way

barked at me. “Remove

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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never seen Julian so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands

fully human

I 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 landed

the fray as well, dodging what I could. Julian had already turned around and tackled two more,

Nichola s’s side. He

let me help

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

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into

my

my touch, shooting 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 couldn’t save us

I could just get him

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

forward again, eager to

before I could get to his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground. No, not

widening in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

had been so violently ripped

my soul, the growing bruises

wolf growled at me as it stepped