The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0501 Nicholas held me all through the night, until the storm finally ended and the sun began to once again creep in from between the tree limbs and leaves.

I was feeling better now, though still dingy and gross, especially when Nicholas helped me back into my swimsuit. Though he'd left it by the fire to dry, it was still damp and gross.

But, as it was the only clothing I owned at the moment, I had to make do.

Nicholas gave me his rain jacket to help cover me, but even then, I still felt dirty and exposed.

Off in the distance, I could hear people calling out, “Prince Nicholas!” They were searching for him then. Not

for me. That shouldn’t have hurt.

Nicholas, as a prince, was certainly more important than me. Still, it would have been nice to be considered.

“Ready?” Nicholas asked me. He gave me a once over.

I shrugged. This was as good as it was likely going to get.

He nodded, and together we stepped out from the cave.

Immediately, a familiar wolf bounded toward us. Julian shifted as soon as he reached us. Before Nicholas or I could react, he hurried forward and pulled us both into a hug.

Julian huffed a loud, relieved breath.

“Don’t worry me like that again. Either of you.” As he pulled back a look passed

between Nicholas and Julian. The two were usually at each other’s throats.

Even a few days back, they'd been willing to shift and have a werewolf fight in the middle of a small private plane.

Yet now, I can see the bond between them. Even brothers fight. But deep down, when it comes to life and death, they truly do care about each other.

her dampening collar.

arrival, I

gaze shifted from his brother tome, “You

like that.” «I fell

“A trap,” Nicholas corrected.

island.” He glanced at Nicholas as if for

“Later,” Nicholas said.

place.” He looked at us

crossed my arms. “Iwas trapped in a pit. During a storm.” Julian grinned as he grabbed my arm and tugged

we broke the tree line, returning to the beach, I had never in my life been so glad to be

onto the beach, all my good feelings sunk away again, because I saw Bridget jump from a boat. She trudged

could have been on reflex. His

the tree line, returning to the beach, I had never in my life

because I saw Bridget jump from a boat. She trudged through the shallow water, and then rushed across

been

Bridget was openly crying.

kind of scene. It looked { like a relieved girlfriend reuniting with her long lost

Nicholas’s face, and that’s when he placed her down on the ground and backed away from her. The confusion had cleared from his face, though seemed passed to Bridget now. In its place, Nicholas looked

see me?” Behind her, I noticed now, were cameras. One of the cameramen came in close to capture

must have seen them

like me, if he missed them before. But he did not ease his hard expression. He crossed

didn’t you help Piper?” he

that pit?” Bridget stilled for a quarter of a second, not enough to notice if you

said, all doe-eyed innocence. If I hadn’t been the person she abandoned

ability was dangerous. It was so

truth. Even now, I felt myself being gaslighted. I hadn’t hallucinated her; right? No. She was definitely there. She definitely abandoned me, potentially to

just beneath the surface of