The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0276

Nicholas’s wolf eyes looked at me for only a moment, before turning to Terry. A growl erupted from the back of his throat. Then, all at once, he tore forward, pounced, and knocked Terry away from me and down onto the ground.

Julian, in human form, burst into the room behind Nicholas. He rushed to my side. When he saw the handcuffs, his eyes narrowed. He reached into his pocket at retrieved his lock picking tools. Only then did I notice his hands were shaking.

“Julian?” My voice was weak, fear making it small.

“Give me a minute,” Julian said. “We’ll get these things off of you.”

“Are you okay?” I asked.

He blinked, then glanced down at my face. “Am I…? How can you be asking that right now?” He returned to his work.

“You’re trembling…”

“I’m about to shift, Piper. I’m barely holding myself together. I want to rip that motherfucker’s throat out.” The last words came out in a snarl. He closed his eyes a moment, breathed deeply, then opened them again.

The first handcuff clicked open. I lowered my strained arm back down to my chest.

Julian moved to my ankles next. He moved quicker now, like he was focused. Both my ankles were free in no time.

Across the room, Terry shifted into his own wolf, to attempt to hold his own against Nicholas. His wolf, light brown in color, was small than Nicholas’s. He lacked both the speed and strength of Nicholas’s alpha, but he snapped back enough for Nicholas to not immediately bite his head off,

They circled each other, snapping and snarling.

The final handcuff clicked open. I brought it toward my chest to rub some of the pain away. Julian helped me to sit upright, Then he removed his jacket and draped it around my shoulders.

and tightened it over my chest, attempting somewhat futilely to preserve my

The attack was obvious, but Terry, even prepared, wasn’t strong enough to hold back the sheer size and strength of Nicholas’s wolf. Nicholas pinned Terry down to the hard ground. He brought his sharp teeth down to

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I felt frozen in place. I couldn’t move or

have the same

Julian shouted. Nicholas stilled.

low and dangerous.

it, but how the hell would we explain it? We have

more in Julian’s ear, then, slowly, eased back from him. Terry stayed on the floor as Julian

so others, including the cameras, wouldn’t see my state of undress. In the dark, we walked around the side of the mansion until

the exit. Julian led me there, then helped

pacing back and forth and back and forth. He was clearly

disconnected with the movements of my body. Every limb

was in shock, most likely. I hated it. I wanted to move, to go to Nicholas so we could

me kill him,” Nicholas

out of a room where Terry’s dead? You think she’ll just be allowed back into the competition like nothing happened?” There was an unusual strain in Julian’s voice. It was tight with concern

his head so hard, it looked painful. “We could have sorted it out.”

yourself down so you can drive Piper home. She’s

to me. I

from his nearly- rampaging body. His eyes, wild only a moment before, settled into some of

steadiness.

“I’ll handle the rest here

Nicholas nodded.

over my door. “Go home and relax. There’s nothing to worry about. Nicholas and I will keep

my back yet. Instead I pressed my lips together and hoped that he

said, and I felt relief.