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.

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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and put it to the wall. It

The

I was certain

closed my eyes, and let the pull of my heart lead the way. It

I pressed down.

There was a click.

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

Disbelief widened his features.

know,” I

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

the cages had been burst

weakened somehow, in a way I had never seen him

at me. “Remove that da

are you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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

an eye, fully human one second, and fully

men, pushing them away from his brother and sending them into the

Julian had already turned around and tackled two more, clearing

Nichola s’s side. He inched forward, trying

let me

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

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into

my

both hands. The magic sparkled under 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

could just

the offender’s wrist between my

darted forward again, eager to return to

his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground. No, not a person, a

watched, my eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped closer

My whole heart shattered.

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

hurt. My heart, my soul, the growing bruises from where I’d

wolf growled at me as it stepped