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

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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lifted my hand and put it to the wall. It felt

The

I was certain

my heart lead the way. It compelled me to lift a hand.

I pressed down.

There was a click.

open, revealing an opening right

rushed to my side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did

don’t know,” I

He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down a winding stairwell. It opened up into

form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst

tired, weakened somehow, in a way

Julian barked at me.

are you going

“Save my

brother.”

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Julian so angry. His eyes were wild with it. His hands

eye, fully human

into two of the men, pushing them away from his brother and sending them

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

He inched forward, trying to place himself in

me help

at an arm, a hand.

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into

my

If I could get him free, he would likely regain his

I could just

and yanked me back. I released the collar to touch the offender’s wrist between my hands.

forward again, eager to

side, someone tackled me, sending me sliding along the ground.

my eyes widening in horror as a wolf stepped closer to

My whole heart shattered.

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

heart, my soul, the growing bruises

growled at me

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