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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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it to the wall. It felt sturdy,

The

here, I was certain

heart lead the way. It compelled me

I pressed down.

There was a click.

like that, a door swung open, revealing

side. Disbelief widened

don’t know,” I

he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened

of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were trying

somehow, in a way I

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

you

“Save my

brother.”

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seen Julian so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands shook, tremoring with barely

fully human one second, and fully wolf in the

could even think to react, he barreled forward. He tackled into two of the men, pushing them away from his brother and sending them into the wall. They hit it with an oof,

Julian had already turned around and tackled two more, clearing a

He inched forward, trying to place

me

at an arm, a hand. Julian took

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into

my

my touch, shooting pain up arms. I gasped, but held on. If I could get him free, he would likely regain his strength. I

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

darted forward again, eager to return to

could get to his side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground. No,

in horror as a wolf stepped closer to

My whole heart shattered.

violently ripped away and given instead

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

growled at me