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.”

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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kind of reaction I

twitched. My fingers twitched with unused

and I were tired from the sex, but… if we didn’t get out of here, I would scream. I needed to push myself until

couldn’t think, I couldn’t

of goodbye to Nicholas. Instead, I pushed past him and walked out the door. I headed toward the back courtyard. I was barely out the door before I shifted into my wolf

met me at the tree line. Silver chuffed at

to

agreement. Then, as a pack, the three of us began

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

I

the moon was so big and bright. I stopped and I howled. Silver and Night joined

Lonely.

ached, and I pushed

to stop. We’d run very far already, but I wasn’t ready to

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

totally shut off my mind and succumbed entirely

this. 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 have pups

nature. It would protect me. The troubles of humans seemed so

I lost sight of

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midday, 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

it.

had purposefully avoided running into

I could no longer escape the worries

in front of me. He sniffed at me, then shifted

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

head a little. I was still in wolf form and

Two full days. Elva

Elva and Nicholas…?

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

it was