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 will

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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

The

was here, I was

my heart lead the way. It

I pressed down.

There was a click.

just like that, a door swung open,

side. Disbelief widened his features.

know,” I said

let’s go.” He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell.

in wolf form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly

tired, weakened somehow, in a way I

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

you going to

“Save my

brother.”

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

fully human one second, and

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

had already turned around and tackled

He inched forward,

let me help

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

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into

my

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. But

just get him

to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas had shown me in self-defense class. The attacker stumbled

eager to

sending me sliding along

my eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped closer to

My whole heart shattered.

so violently ripped away and

growing bruises from where I’d been

growled at me