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. This will lead you

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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It felt sturdy, but under that

The

was here, I was certain

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

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

rushed to my side. Disbelief widened his

know,” I said

enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a

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

seemed tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had never seen him

Julian barked at me. “Remove

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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were wild

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

react, he barreled forward. He tackled into two of the men, pushing them away from his brother

had already turned around and tackled two

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

me help

came to close. He snapped at an arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The collar was an obvious

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into

my

it with both hands. The magic sparkled under my touch, shooting pain up arms. I gasped, but held on. If I could get him free, he

I could just get

touch the offender’s wrist between

eager

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

widening in horror as a wolf stepped

My whole heart shattered.

that had been so violently ripped away and given instead to

hurt. My heart, my soul, the growing bruises from

wolf growled at me