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.”

stood, he offered me a hand to help me up from the couch, but I ignored it. I was afraid

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of reaction

fingers

I were tired from the sex, but… if we didn’t get out of here, I would

think, I

past him and walked out the door. I headed toward the back courtyard. I was barely out

met me at the tree line. Silver chuffed at

to mine,

barked in agreement. Then, as a pack, the

to look out for me, or if they genuinely saw me as pack, and pack

I

bright. I stopped and I howled. Silver and Night joined me.

Lonely.

ached, and I pushed

to get me to stop. We’d run very far already, but I wasn’t ready to quit. I wanted to push myself

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

off my mind

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

protect me. The troubles

didn’t know when I lost sight of

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my legs eventually 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 forest, I’d taken to completing

it.

perhaps I had purposefully avoided running into other

I could no longer escape the worries that

wolf, jumped in front of me. He sniffed at me, then shifted into

usual smirk was missing. Instead, he looked pissed at hell. “Do you have any idea how long

little. I was still

pointed at the sky. “Two days, Piper. Two full days. Elva and Nicholas have worried themselves

Elva and Nicholas…?

I heard another howl, very similar to the one I had heard in the night that sounded so lonely. This one

it