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.

sighed. His shoulders slouched. He'd given up the fight before

him

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

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

single word was spoken as Julian disappeared

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

friend, 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 going to change any

Obviously I

said, "Julian and Bridget had an argument

cleared from Nicholas's face. "Ah,"

radiating from his body. I leaned into it, into him. If

didn't ask for more details. Instead he said, "I was just speaking with Nathan. Because of what's