The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 266

Chapter 0266

Where could I hide? Behind the desk? But wouldn’t that be the first place someone would go to if they came to this room? There weren’t many other spots to hide. A couple of high–back chairs were dotted around, but they wouldn’t provide much cover.

“Piper?”

My thoughts came to a screeching halt.

That was Nicholas’s voice.

I rushed back to the door. “Nicholas?”

“Oh, thank God,” came Nicholas’s voice, muffled with the barrier between us.

“How did you know I was in here?”

“I was snooping around. When I didn’t see you with the tour group, I came looking for you.”

“Did they move on without me?” I asked. If they had, Terry likely immediately noticed my absence.

“The servants were taking them back, from what I could tell,” Nicholas said. “Terry wasn’t with them.”

A pit opened in my stomach. Did that mean he was looking for me too?

“I want to get out of here,” I said, fear apparent in my voice, even to me.

“Step back, Piper.‘

“What are you going to do?”

get you out of there.”

door! I rushed away at once, moving behind the desk. “Okay!” I called. “I’m clear!”

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

hell do you think you

I’m

it clear we’ve snooped through the room. Stop. Just stop. Let a professional handle

jingled in the lock.

came close to the door again. “What are you doing?”

civilized person,” Julian said

The lock clicked.

“There we go. No

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

pushed open. Suddenly, Nicholas and Julian were both

over up and down, his face serious. Julian smirked.

got your message, Piper.

them both, and pulled them both into a hug at the same time. My relief was palpable. I had been even more scared than

Terry had found me first…

needed to. For a long, special moment we stood together, united in our relief

absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms around me,

should get going,” I said.

uncle’s office,” Julian said, looking around.

find anything in here.”

“But did you look in the right places?”

stepped away from each other. I

I said. “Everything seemed

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