The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0611

I decided to make my presence more obvious and walked closer to Elva, Nicholas in his wolf form, Night, and Silver. Nicholas shifted back into his human form now, sitting in the grass.

"Piper," he said, smiling slightly, a wolfish grin. He was proud of his wolf form.

"Hi, Mommy!" Elva said. "Nick-lass was showing me his wolf!*

*I saw," I said as I knelt beside her in the grass. "What do you think?"

"So big!" She stretched her arms wide.

"He's an Alpha," I explained. "Their wolves tend to be bigger than others."

*So I can protect my pack," Nicholas added, looking at me. His previous words echoed in my head. He wanted to protect Elva and I so that I wouldn't need to sacrifice to keep her safe. The reminder warmed me from the inside out, and helped wash away some of my earlier worry.

"Mommy," Elva tumed toward me. "Can I see Miracle?"

I hadn't shifted in a while. Though I often felt Miracle pushing against my thoughts, and she had given me her strength in my times of fear and strife, I had not allowed her free in some time.

This was for many reasons. Not the least of which was that I was scared I might lose myself again. The call of the wild was strong for me in human form. In wolf form, it was nearly overwhelming. I had made a vow not to disappear again. I didn't want to break that vow.

Miracle had stopped pushing me to. We shared the drive to protect and stay with Elva.

"I don't know..." I said now.

"You haven't run off lately," Nicholas said.

*Miracle has been more reserved," I admitted. But I was still nervous. I knew full well how tempting it could be to just give myself over to natural instincts, especially when things were so stressful.

Not much was more stressful than a looming war.

But with Elva's doe eyes on full blast, I felt myself quickly succumbing to her wishes.

"Night, Silver, and I will be here with you," Nicholas said. "If you start to lose control, we can and will intervene." "Okay," I said.

That reassurance gave me confidence, and I called to Miracle in my mind. She too was hesitant. Though she didn't speak, I could feel her emotions. She didn't want to disappoint Elva any more than I did, nor did she want to abandon her.

be okay," I

in my mind. Just

moment I was kneeling in the grass fully human, but in the length of a blink, I was

the mass and strength as Nicholas's, but Elva still looked at me with

leaned forward and licked at Elva's cheek. She giggled as she

had begun to tense

whole, they whispered to each other

here

are home," Miracle said in my

agree but then

of my mind, I heard

...Piper...

someone calling

my head, but no, the voice was not from anywhere around me. Instead, I could feel it coursing through my thoughts. Whatever was

my thoughts. "Do you

"I do," she replied.

it?"

don't know..." She seemed as confused as I was. There should be

Nicholas asked. He placed his hand

shifted back into my human form. In this shape, my confusion must have

"What happened?" he asked.

the strange voice

but... it's impossible," I

pinched together as he looked

to worry him, especially when it regarded

a small

told me he didn't believe

evening, I received a summons from Julian, requesting my presence in one of the sitting rooms. When I entered,

to make room for a few desks and a massive cork board

something on the map,

and then called me over, "Piper. Come

as he instructed. One of the maps on the cork board was of the entire kingdom. Some

circled. Others, crossed out.

all