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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and put it to the wall. It felt

The

here, I was certain of

the pull of my heart lead the way. It compelled

I pressed down.

There was a click.

just like that, a door swung open, revealing an

Disbelief widened his

don’t know,” I said

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

the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He

weakened somehow, in a way I had never seen him

him,” Julian barked at me. “Remove

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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

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

tackled into two of the men, pushing them away

what I could. Julian had already turned around

side. He inched forward, trying to place himself

me

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

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into

my

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.

I could just get him

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

eager to return

me, sending me sliding along the

my eyes widening in horror as a

My whole heart shattered.

a piece of me that had been so violently ripped away

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

me as it stepped