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.

slouched. He'd given up the fight before

him

Nicholas, and this was his way of 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 keep me in his

to move around him. He patted Nicholas on the shoulder as

spoken as Julian disappeared into the

Nicholas looked to me. He wanted answers, no doubt, and correctly suspected I had the answers to them. And as much as I wanted to trust

me. Bringing Nicholas into it would only incite a pointless fight or worse. Since Julian's

for some kind of explanation. I couldn't really play dumb here. Obviously I had sought Julian out and we had

I said, "Julian and Bridget had an argument

from Nicholas's face. "Ah,"

feel the heat radiating from his body. I leaned into it, into him. If our arms brushed a few times, we could always pretend

with Nathan. Because of what's going on, we've