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

was going to break down the door! I rushed away at once, moving behind

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

the hell do you think you are

there. I’m

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

jingled in the

close to the door again. “What are

person,” Julian said back. “Just one

The lock clicked.

we go. No brute force needed.”

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

knob turned and the door pushed open. Suddenly, Nicholas

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

your message, Piper.

relief was palpable. I had been even more scared than I had wanted to admit. My hands were

Terry had found me first…

longer than they needed to. For a long, special moment we stood together, united in our relief and happy with our reunion. Then,

back first. In his absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms around

should get going,” I

uncle’s office,” Julian said,

find anything

Julian held up a finger. “But did you look in

stepped away from each

the drawers,” I said. “Everything

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