The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chatper 322

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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put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but

The

was here, I was

eyes, and 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.

a door swung open, revealing an opening right

widened his features. “How did you

know,” I said

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

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

in a way I had never seen

at me. “Remove that da

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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eyes were wild

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

pushing them away from his brother and sending them into

Julian had already turned around and tackled two

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

let me help

arm, a hand. Julian took care of most

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into

my

but held on. If I could get him free, he would

just

my shoulder and yanked me back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas

eager to return

tackled me, sending me sliding along the

watched, my eyes widening in horror

My whole heart shattered.

so violently ripped away and given instead to my

My heart, my soul, the growing bruises from

growled at me

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