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.

it seemed to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that was

The

was here, I was

closed my eyes, and let the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand. My fingers brushed

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open,

side. Disbelief widened his features. “How

don’t know,”

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

collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in

a way I had never seen him

to him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove that da

are you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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were wild with

fully

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

dodging what I could. Julian had already turned around and

Nichola s’s side. He inched forward, trying to place himself in front of

let me help

close. He snapped at an arm, a hand. Julian took care of

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into

my

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.

just

shoulder and 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 self-defense class. The

again, eager to return

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

horror as a wolf stepped closer

My whole heart shattered.

been so violently ripped away and given instead to my sister.

heart, my soul, the growing bruises from where I’d been shoved to the

growled at me as