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.

way, it seemed to whisper. This will lead you

“Piper, stop wasting time!”

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to the wall. It felt sturdy, but under that

The

I was certain of

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.

like that, a door swung open, revealing an opening right

side. Disbelief widened his features. “How did you do

know,”

He nudged me aside so he could enter the passageway first. I followed him down, down

was there in wolf form, a collar tight around his neck. One of the cages had been burst through, iron bars bent. He snapped wildly at some men in dark clothing who were

seemed tired, weakened somehow, in a

barked at me. “Remove that da mn

are you

“Save my

brother.”

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

a blink of an eye, fully human one second,

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

Julian had already

fell to my knees at Nichola s’s side. He inched forward, trying to place himself in front of

me

at an arm, a hand. Julian took care of most of the rest.

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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

could just

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

again, eager

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

widening in horror as a wolf

My whole heart shattered.

wolf, a piece of me that had been so violently ripped away

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

at me