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

watched him with

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

toward Nicholas, then angled to move around him. He patted Nicholas on the shoulder

single word was spoken as Julian disappeared into the

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 Nicholas with all the secrets

his feelings for me. Bringing Nicholas into it would only incite a pointless fight or worse. Since Julian's crush on me wasn't going to change any of our relationships to each other, it was not worth

I had sought Julian out and we had been talking. I also didn't want to lie to

said, "Julian and Bridget

cleared from Nicholas's face. "Ah," he

heat radiating from his body. I leaned into it, into him. If our arms brushed a few

ask for more details. Instead he said, "I was just speaking with Nathan. Because of what's going on, we've