The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0301

I was speechless.

I didn’t want to believe Veronica could have been involved in such a dark thing as the underground organization but the evidence was clear on her ribs.

She lowered her sweater, hiding the tattoo again, but it was seared into my mind now.

It was exactly the same in size and placement as Terry’s.

“You’re the one who told Julian about the tattoos," I said.

Veronica nodded.

“True, committed members of the underground, were gifted the tattoo.

They were prized, a rite of passage.

I knew that if Terry was in the organization, as Julian had thought, then he would take pride in his tattoo, no matter how dangerous it would be for someone like him to have one."

Julian came around to the front of the couch and sat in a stand-alone chair from which he could see us and the door.

I appreciated his watchfulness.

No one would be able to sneak in or even cr ack the door enough to listen without his keen observational skills picking up on it.

“You didn’t know he was in the organization?" I asked.

“Rarely do the members directly interact with each other.

Especially those of our level.

We have intermediaries that connect us to the will of Hawk or the other leaders."

I still struggled to understand how someone like Veronica, so young and beautiful and noble, could fall in with such a terrible organization that only wanted to do harm.

“I’d showed some magical prowess from a very young age.Since I was a toddler, really," she said.

“My parents were more proud of my abilities, than cautious that someone might want to use them against me."

She closed her eyes and went very tense for a moment.

“My pack is well-renowned, and my parents are very social.

Our house had a constant flow of people in and out.

It didn’t take long for the underground to plant a few individuals into my parents’ circle."

“They would do that? Attempt to get close to you, despite you being a child?" I asked.

My thoughts were with Elva, and how the underground might attempt to sneak into her life.

“They prefer recruiting children," Veronica said in her usual flat tone.

“Children are malleable.They can’t yet create their own opinions, their own thoughts.They can be molded into the perfect little followers."

“Groomed," Julian said.

Veronica agreed.

“Groomed."

“How terrible," I said.

of fear clutched around

“Yes," Veronica said.

organization made me feel like I was special in a way

parents, I was a centerpiece,

daughter can make sparks with her hands.’ The underground treated

not to be looked at but to be a

She shook her head.

helped me cultivate my magic while also convincing me that I needed to keep it a

at first, because the said my magic would be used to

everyone want that

Julian snorted in distaste.

“They lied to you."

said most people didn’t want

it was something that

and the best way to do that is with

in on herself,

to hurt those people.The organization told me the wolves were rabid and harmful.To

the memory of being

so

having a part of myself ripped away without my

changed the minute I saw the actual wolf transfer

Veronica said.

moment… When

became

what she had seen.I had lived through it myself.The pain was bad, but the heartbreak was worse.The loss of the wolf was something to grieve, but there

existed but always just

voice grew stronger

was only through their powerful connections, and many threats from my father and pack leaders, that I

“Until now," I said.

about Terry, I couldn’t keep quiet.And that he was after you, Piper … And you’ve always been so kind

reveal the truth sooner.Gently,

what counts.I am

“You remain too kind,"

but I

was the one who had lost her childhood to

She deserved

someday soon she

are curious if

I immediately straightened.

me everything

it is possible,"

the person who

know who has

Veronica nodded.

is not diminished in the transfer, though the

the wolf might

Julian immediately leaned forward.