The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0384

Nicholas and I traded lazy kiss after lazy kiss until our backs ached and the sun crept above the tree line. We’d chased passion all night long, again and again. Despite my continuous begging, Nicholas never took me in the dirt. Though he’d given me pleasure in nearly every other way.

My body was pleasantly sore. I really needed a bath and a nap. Maybe a good meal.

The wild feeling, I supposed, was wearing off somewhat, and reality was returning.

“We should head back,” Nicholas said.

He was naked. I was too. Our clothes definitely went flying sometime in the night. We laughed as we went searching for them now.

“I found your panties,” he said and tossed them to me. I found my bra on a low- hanging tree branch. Nicholas pulled on his pants.

“Do you see my dress?” I asked.

He stopped moving. I went closer to him, and saw what he saw. My dress was a bloody mess, piled in a hump at the bottom of a tree trunk.

“Don’t put that back on,” he said.

“I can’t walk home naked.”

“Go back as a wolf, then.”

“I can’t,” I said. “Everyone thinks I don’t have a wolf. How would I possibly explain?”

“It doesn’t matter. You don’t have to explain. Let them think whatever they want.”

“It’s just a dress,” I said, and took a step toward it.

“Don’t,” Nicholas said and wrapped his arms around my waist. He pulled me back against him. He had on his pants but no shirt yet. My skin pleasantly tingled where our bare skin touched.

“Nick…”

“You almost died, Piper.” His voice was soft as a whisper, barely louder than the wind. “Please do not put that dress on. I can’t see you like that again.”

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that keen to see myself as a bloody mess again either. I imagined it might be worse for him. I tried to think what it would be like if our roles were switched: if he had

another way. Even if I had to walk

as a wolf.

said.

said and kissed my cheek. He let me go and found his shirt. It was wrinkled beyond repair but he still put it on and did up as many buttons as he

suffered the wrath of my temporary confinement. Not that I’d minded. I just really wanted

behind in wolf form. Fortunately, his phone had not been damaged in our night of wild passion and he used it now to coordinate efforts with Julian and his

my door with minimal effort. I thought I

you after you’ve changed,”

wasn’t in wolf–form, I likely would have

me and I sneaked inside. Elva, blessedly, wasn’t here. The room was empty. They must have all gone

you later,” Nicholas said.

shifted back into human form. I must have looked a mess, but Nicholas still took

to go,” he

go,” I teased.

it

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wanted to pull him closer by his belt loops and kiss him senseless. But I also wanted a shower. And clothes that didn’t have mud–stains.

I eventually relented.

exited the room. I didn’t move until the door latched behind him, half expecting him to

disappointed

went into the bathroom to shower and change. I cranked the shower as hot as

decide to make love outside, we needed to remember to bring a blanket or something.

go,

were torn and grass- stained beyond repair. There really was

and dressed, I stepped out of the bathroom. Elva, the nanny, Charlotte, and Mark were all standing in

“Mommy?” she asked.

came closer at once. I was so happy to see her. I hadn’t seen her before everything happened. I remembered the pain on that balcony after being stabbed, when I had wished so badly that I could see Elva one

say goodbye anymore. I hoped I wouldn’t

my

Elva tilted her head more and

you… seem…” her

her. “What is it,

finger to her chin. “Mommy, do you