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

and strength of Nicholas’s wolf. Nicholas

going to kill

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wanted to stop him, but I felt frozen in place. I couldn’t move

Julian doesn’t have

Nicholas stilled. “Don’t

low

how the hell would we explain it? We have to focus on getting Piper out of here and

convince Nicholas. He snarled once more in Julian’s ear, then, slowly, eased back from him. Terry stayed on the floor

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

was closest to the exit. Julian led me there, then helped me sit down in the

form, was pacing back and forth and back and forth. He was clearly agitated. I

disconnected with the movements of my body. Every limb

wanted to move, to go to Nicholas so we could both feel the

have let me kill him,” Nicholas said. “That asshole deserves to

room where Terry’s dead? You think she’ll

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

now,” Julian said. “Calm yourself down so you can drive Piper home. She’s

shifted to me.

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

steadiness.

“I’ll handle the rest here tonight.

Nicholas nodded.

came around the car to my side again. He leaned his elbows over my door. “Go home and

yet. Instead I pressed my lips together and hoped that he could accept that as the semblance of agreement

and I