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

even prepared, wasn’t strong enough to hold back the sheer size and strength of Nicholas’s wolf. Nicholas pinned Terry down

was going to

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but I felt frozen in place. I couldn’t

doesn’t have the same limitation.

shouted. Nicholas stilled. “Don’t

low

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

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 my waist. Nicholas, in wolf form, stayed

escaped through a servant’s entrance so others, including the cameras, wouldn’t see my state of undress. In the dark, we walked

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

back and forth. He was

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

it. I wanted to move, to go to Nicholas so we could both feel the reassurance of knowing the other

him,” Nicholas said. “That asshole

what would that mean for you, huh? Or Piper? You think they’ll just let her walk out of a room where Terry’s dead? You think she’ll just be

it looked painful.

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

gaze shifted to me. I

rampaging body. His eyes,

steadiness.

Julian said. “I’ll handle the rest here

Nicholas nodded.

He leaned his elbows over my door. “Go home and relax. There’s nothing to worry about. Nicholas

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 relief.