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.

seemed to whisper.

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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it to the wall. It felt sturdy,

The

was here, I was certain

the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed against the

I pressed down.

There was a click.

that, a door swung open,

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

know,” I

first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into a room

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

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

you going

“Save my

brother.”

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eyes were wild with it. His hands shook,

of an eye, fully human one second, and fully wolf in

them away from his brother and sending them into the wall. They hit it with an oof,

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

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

let me

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

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into

my

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 from this.

I could just get

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

forward again, eager

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

in horror as

My whole heart shattered.

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

My heart, my soul, the growing bruises

growled at me