The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0388

Nicholas, for his part, only looked more concerned. He wasn’t alarmed. He wasn’t even startled. He just watched me closely.

“Talk to me, Piper,” he said. “I can’t understand your growls yet.”

I tried to bite back my growl, but I couldn’t manage. It erupted, curling around my words even as I attempted to speak. “Jealous.”

That was all Nicholas needed to hear. His concern ebbed somewhat. “Yeah. I know how that feels too.”

“Like this?” I asked.

He nodded. “It’s practically overwhelming.”

“How…?” I started, failed, tried again. “How do you manage?”

“I’ve broken five or six punching bags,” Nicholas said, smiling a little. “Exercise is good for it. If you wear down your energy, you have less to spend on anger.”

I sighed, trying to reclaim myself. I was in no mood to jog, but… with our recent exertion, I was feeling a bit tired. I urged my inner wolf to rest.

“You okay now?” Nicholas asked.

My body felt more relaxed. On top of me, Nicholas must have noticed.

“It’s difficult to control my emotions,” I said. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t apologize.”

“I hate it,” I said, only that wasn’t true. Feeling everything amplified was fine when we were being intimate. So I corrected, “I hate feeling this jealousy.” I blinked back frustrated tears. “I wish we could just be together.”

Nicholas’s face crumpled a little. He looked down and away, hiding himself from me. “I would give up just about anything for you Piper.”

Just about anything wasn’t the same as anything.

I knew the one thing he would never be able to give up: the crown. And that was the one thing keeping us apart.

A growl elicited from my throat again. “Maybe I should go for a run.”

pushed himself off of me. As he stood, he offered me a hand to help me up from the couch, but I ignored it. I was afraid to touch him again.

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reaction I would

My fingers twitched

but… if we didn’t get out of here, I would scream. I needed to

I couldn’t think,

past him and walked out the door. I

Night met me at the tree line. Silver chuffed at me in

to mine, “We

pack, the three of

because Nicholas had asked them to look out for me, or if

I

sky. And the moon was so big and bright. I stopped and I howled. Silver and Night joined me. In the distance, heard more.

Lonely.

ached, and

barked at me, likely trying to get me to stop. We’d run very far already, but I wasn’t ready to quit. I wanted to push myself to exhaustion and I was nowhere near

rounded overhead and disappeared behind me. Then, I continued to run, even as the sun

I totally shut off my mind and

I didn’t have to worry about kingdom politics or fears. I didn’t have to think about how my mate would soon find another to marry and

I was one with nature. It would protect me.

didn’t know when I lost

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gave out and I collapsed in a clearing. I purposefully hadn’t ventured overly far. Knowing there was danger lurking in every direction outside the

it.

perhaps I had purposefully avoided running into other people and

no longer escape

Julian, in his sleek wolf, jumped in front of me. He

the actual hell, Piper?” His usual smirk was missing. Instead, he looked pissed at hell. “Do

a little. I was still in wolf

days, Piper. Two

Elva and Nicholas…?

similar to the one I had heard in the

knew it was