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

him with

made him want to fight for me.

move around him. He

was spoken

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

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

Obviously I had sought Julian out and we had been talking.

Bridget had an argument this

cleared from Nicholas's

closer 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

details. Instead he said, "I was just speaking with Nathan. Because of what's going on, we've decided to cut the