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.

the way, it seemed to whisper. This

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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

The

I was

let the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled me to

I pressed down.

There was a click.

door swung open, revealing an opening right in

my side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did you do

don’t know,”

passageway first.

had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I had never

barked at me. “Remove that da mn

you going

“Save my

brother.”

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so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook,

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

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

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

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

let me

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

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into

my

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 would likely regain his strength. I didn’t have a wolf. I couldn’t save us from this.

could just get

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

darted forward again, eager to return

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

my eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped

My whole heart shattered.

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

My heart, my soul, the growing bruises from where I’d

wolf growled at me