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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him. I tried to think what it would be like if our roles were switched: if he had nearly died, and I was now supposed to watch him change back into his bloody suit.

another way. Even

a

I said. “You win.”

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

some of his clothes … suffered the wrath of my

Nicholas dressed as much as he could be, with me following 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

around unseen, and helped guide us back to the guards at my door with minimal effort. I thought I might have to shift then, so the guards could see me and I could give the password, but Nicholas overruled that idea.

it’s you after you’ve changed,” Nicholas said, within earshot of the

I wasn’t in wolf–form, I likely

blessedly, wasn’t here. The room was empty. They

you later,” Nicholas

a mess, but Nicholas still took in his fill

to go,” he

go,” I teased.

it difficult.”

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loops and kiss him senseless. But I also wanted a shower. And clothes

eventually relented.

promise. He glanced back twice as he exited the room. I didn’t move until the door latched behind him, half

disappointed when

clothes, and then went into the bathroom to shower and change. I

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

go,

bra right in the trash. They were torn and grass- stained beyond repair. There really was no saving them.

Charlotte, and Mark were all standing in the room now. They all glanced at me. Only Elva’s gaze lingered.

“Mommy?” she asked.

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 last

anymore. I hoped I wouldn’t

see my baby girl grow

Elva tilted her head more

you… seem…” her

in front of her. “What is

finger to her chin. “Mommy,