The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0572

Nicholas stood still for a long moment. Long enough for me to cough politely and then step backwards, out of Julian's arms, Julian, noticing my distraction, followed the length of my gaze to Nicholas.

Julian stepped away from me and moved out to the center of the deck. Nicholas walked further away from the door, coming to stand a few feet in front of Julian.

They were squared off like this, both standing at their full heights, their arms hanging at their sides.

The tension in the air was palpable. I could have cut it with a knife, I was certain.

I waited for the growling to start, or for them to start shifting into a fighting posture. I tensed my entire body up like a coiled spring, ready to jump forward at any moment and separate them. I didn't care that they were two Alphas. I knew neither one of them would hurt me.

Yet the growling never began. They postured, but not enough that seemed physically threatening, like one of them might through a punch.

He'd given up the fight before it ever

watched him with

respecting that choice. His Alpha instincts and his heart might have made him want to fight for me. But his head and his friendship to me told him that would no way to

him. He patted Nicholas on the

was spoken as Julian disappeared

answers to them. And as much as

and we had agreed to ignore his feelings for me. Bringing Nicholas into it would only incite a pointless fight or worse. Since Julian's crush on me wasn't

Obviously I had sought Julian out and

said, "Julian and Bridget

confusion cleared from Nicholas's

to me. He didn't touch me, but I could still feel the heat radiating from his body. I leaned into it, into him. If our arms brushed a few times, we could always pretend it was accidental. No

Instead he said, "I was just speaking with Nathan.