The Luna Choosing Game

“I told you not to,” Nicholas said. “I gave you reasons.

“You don’t understand,” I said.

“What is there to understand? You are endangering yourself

“Her sister is involved,” Julian cut in. He was coming closer to us.

Nicholas’s mouth snapped closed. He furrowed his brow like he didn’t know what to believe. “How do you know?”

I looked to Julian. “Show him what you showed me.”

Julian took out his phone, prepped the surveillance video again and turned the screen toward Nicholas. He watched the entire thing.

“So she bought fabric. What does this prove?” he asked.

“She was at the second ball. Julian matched a feather that I found from her dress to the feathers in the

Then he found this footage. That’s where he’s been the past few days,” I explained.

in Nicholas’s jaw. “She was at the

was,” I said. “And she…”

and it sounded like a warning. Maybe he didn’t want me to tell Nicholas the whole truth.

that. My secret–keeping from before had led to me losing my wolf, and while I didn’t regret doing what I did to save Elva and my sister, now I wondered how things might have been different if I had been more honest with Nicholas

thought of

could have survived together these past three

this was so much bigger than me now. Nicholas needed to know how deep my Sister’s involvement was so that he could protect all of us.

wolf, Nicholas, I don’t know how. But I caw her, and I felt

be Iver own

her wen it a wolf

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around me. He held me, unwaveringly, like he wasn’t planning

but

so dangerous, Piper. If this is real, your sister is likely involved in some nefarious stuff. If you keep on this

back, matching his low tone. “If she’s a pawn in this, I have to save her. If she’s not…” It hurt me to even think of it, but

now be a threat to me and

waist as if on reflex. “That won’t happen.”