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

“Yes," Veronica said.

special in a

parents, I was

make sparks with her hands.’ The underground treated me like a

to be looked at but to be a

She shook her head.

convincing

first, because the said my magic would be used to

want that

Julian snorted in distaste.

“They lied to you."

most people didn’t want

was something that

and the best

in on herself, curling her shoulders

wolves from people, but I had no idea it was used to

twisted at the memory of

so

part of

the minute I saw the

Veronica said.

that moment… When I

became very

was wrong.I knew what she had seen.I had lived through it myself.The pain was bad, but the heartbreak was worse.The

but always

voice grew

from my father and pack leaders, that I was allowed to leave the

“Until now," I said.

was after you, Piper … And you’ve always been so kind to me.To everyone.I had to help Julian protect you where I could, so I came forward and told him the

the truth sooner.Gently, I

now.That’s what counts.I am no less grateful,

“You remain too kind,"

but I

lost her childhood to

She deserved

someday soon she

that you are curious if your wolf

I immediately straightened.

me everything you

is possible," Veronica

the person who has

know who has

Veronica nodded.

diminished in the

in returning the wolf

Julian immediately leaned forward.