The Luna Choosing Game

I ignored that comment. “Now that he knows, maybe we can include him in our investigation into the

underworld.”

Julian hummed like he was considering it, but his ‘no‘ came out very definitive. Like he’d only pretended to think about it for my sake. Had he thought about this before? If so, he’d likely have a good reason.

“Why not?” I asked.

Sighing. Julian gave his head a slight shake. “My perfect older brother is too strict with the rules for the

kind of work we need to do. If we followed everything by the book, like he would want to, we’d only

continue to chase our own tails around.”

Nicholas had always been an upright citizen. It had been part of the reason I hadn’t wanted

I had done something illegal, when I’d traded away my wolf.

him to know

“What we’re doing, Piper, will require us to bend some rules, and maybe blatantly disregard others. Could you imagine Nicholas turning a blind eye to all that?”

I couldn’t.

I would feel much more. secure about it. Julian was effective, but not exactly reliable. Nicholas, meanwhile, was the definition of dependable.

like to tell him someday,” I said. “Maybe when we

nothing, as per usuall. He might never acquiesce. When the time came, it would likely rest on my

another lead. We could go on another date to

Luna’s lecture toward me, where she had basically accused me of being more irresponsible than Julian simply for

Julian said. This time will go much

from the cameras for a second time, without incurring

just don’t

laughing. I quickly recovered when I realized he was dead

serious.

Live a

where exactly would we be going this time? Hopefully somewhere as nice as an abandoned

warehouse?”

was desperate to feel my wolf again. Plus, it had been nice

afterwards.

low of me.” Julian smiled wide. “Of course I

for us

The sewers this time, then?”

laughed. “Actually, no. We’ve already checked there. We’re were

the literal sense. Unfortunately, no