The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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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.

way, it seemed to whisper.

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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hand and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was the now-familiar tingle of

The

was here, I

way. It compelled me to lift a hand.

I pressed down.

There was a click.

that, a door swung open, revealing an opening right

to my side. Disbelief widened his

know,” I said

go.” He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I

in wolf form, a collar 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

in a way I had never seen

at me. “Remove that da mn

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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were wild with it.

shifted in a blink of an eye, fully

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

well, dodging what I could. Julian had already turned

He inched

me help

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

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into

my

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

I could just get

to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas

darted forward again, eager to return to

his side, someone tackled me, sending

horror

My whole heart shattered.

my wolf, a piece of me that had been so violently ripped away and given

growing bruises from where I’d been

at me as

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