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.”

me up from the couch, but I ignored it.

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kind of reaction I would

My fingers twitched with

if we didn’t get out of here, I would scream. I needed to push myself until I couldn’t think

couldn’t think, I

and walked out the door. I headed toward the back courtyard. I was barely out the door before I shifted into my

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

mind pressed to mine, “We

as a pack, the three of us

out for me, or if they genuinely saw me as pack, and pack stayed together. Maybe both. It

I

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

Lonely.

ached, and I pushed forward

but I wasn’t ready to quit. I wanted to push myself

I ran and I ran, until the moon rounded overhead and disappeared behind me. Then,

point, I totally shut off my mind and succumbed entirely to the instincts of my

like 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

protect me. The troubles of humans

lost

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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 laps

it.

avoided

though, I could no longer escape the worries that meant

in his sleek wolf, jumped in front of me.

usual smirk was missing. Instead, he looked pissed at hell. “Do

my head a little. I was still

days, Piper. Two

Elva and Nicholas…?

the one I had heard in the night that sounded so lonely. This one sounded sad,

knew it was