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.

hands and tightened it over my chest, attempting somewhat futilely

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

to kill him.

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

Julian doesn’t have

Nicholas stilled. “Don’t kill

low and dangerous.

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

to convince Nicholas. He snarled once more in Julian’s ear, then, slowly, eased back from him. Terry stayed on the floor as Julian guided me from the room with a strong arm around

of undress. In the dark, we walked around the side of the mansion until we reached the driveway where all the cars were parked.

car, since we had arrived last, was closest to the exit. Julian led me there, then helped me sit down in the

forth. He was clearly agitated. I wanted to go to him, to assure him that

my body. Every limb was sluggish. It wouldn’t listen to my brain’s commands.

to go to Nicholas so we could both feel the reassurance of knowing the other is okay.

let me kill him,” Nicholas said. “That

they’ll just let her walk 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 and rage.

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

Julian said. “Calm yourself down so you can drive Piper home. She’s out here in her underwear, you big

pacing. His gaze shifted to me. I watched him through

nearly- rampaging body. His

steadiness.

said. “I’ll handle the rest

Nicholas nodded.

door. “Go home and

had, and I didn’t have my back yet. Instead I pressed my lips together and hoped that he could accept that as the semblance of agreement I intended it to

and I felt