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 lead you to

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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hand and put it to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under

The

I was certain

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

I pressed down.

There was a click.

a door swung open, revealing an

rushed to my side. Disbelief widened his

know,”

he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down

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

somehow, in a way I had

to him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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seen Julian so angry. His eyes were wild

blink of an eye, fully human one second,

away from his brother and sending them into

had already turned around and tackled two

He inched forward,

let me help

arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest. The collar was an

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into

my

held on. If I could get him free, he would likely regain his strength.

just

yanked me back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands. Then I twisted, just as Nicholas had

forward again, eager to

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

horror

My whole heart shattered.

a piece of me that had been so violently ripped away and given instead to my sister. Now,

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

at me

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