Chapter 0324

Despite what Nicholas had said, by the time Julian came rushing back with an onslaught of guards, Nicholas and I were back in his rooms. Nicholas had gone into the bathroom to shower and change. I sat just outside, a towel in my hands, wiping the blood off of my face.

Julian stayed with me while the guards descended into the open passageway. He took one look at me, shook his head, snat ched the towel from my hands, and more forcefully wiped at my forehead.

“There,” he said, and handed the towel back to me.

“Thank you,” I said softly. My hands were trembling. I still felt somewhat in shock.

Julian noticed. He stepped closer. “Piper…”

The bathroom door opened, and Nicholas appeared. He glanced between Julian and me, but didn’t seem jealous this time.

Instead, when he looked back to Julian, gratitude was plain on his face. “Thank you, Julian. Without your help… well, I don’t want to think about what would have happened.”



“Piper’s the one who found you,” Julian said. He half-turned away.

hadn’t intuited it,” I said. Julian pushed a hand through his hair. “Give me a break.’ He was embarrassed, I realized then. It was such a rare sight on Julian that I almost didn’t recognize it. I knew then, with absolutely surety, that despite the brothers many problems, fights, and disagreements, they did actually care for each other deep down. At the very least, they

his head. “She only said that she wanted to hurt


A shiver rushed through me. She very nearly had hurt me. Nicholas, hurting me with my own wolf… All of it cut me so deeply. That it had been my own twin sister that had hated me enough to commit these acts…

“It can’t have been just that,” Julian said. “With you in their pocket, a lot of people would have done just about anything to keep you safe. Piper. Our father.” Julian sighed. “You know

“Uh…” Nichola s’s gaze slipped sideways. He refused to look at either me or Julian. That seemed rather suspicious.

“Nick?” I asked, and he swallowed.

Suddenly, Julian’s eyes went wide. “You didn’t!”

“It wasn’t like that,” Nicholas said quickly.
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