The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0450

My wolf was rampaging in my mind, begging me to run, to be free, to give myself over to my natural side and forget myself and my worries for a while.

I was on the edge, so close to giving over. I needed to go to someone, but I didn’t know how. Nicholas had made me promise that I would go to him when I was feeling like this, but that wasn’t possible now.

Susie was always an option, but she had her own troubles to worry about. And likely Mark was with her, especially since I didn’t see him with Nicholas and I knew he wasn’t watching my room tonight.

Veronica was another choice. She was likely locked up in the library for another long night of research. The thought of joining her there was usually a soothing nothing. But right now it made my skin crawl. I wanted to be free, not confined to a box.

It was that notion that drove me out into the gardens, where I knew Julian was lurking. Before I had earlier left him, he had expressed his own desire not to return to his room tonight. He said he had a lot of thinking to do.

I didn’t blame him. What I hadn’t expected was that I would end up with a lot of thinking to do too, now.

Letting my feet guide me, and maybe my heart guide my feet, I flew down the staircase.

me. He didn’t even ask me what I wanted or why I was crying. Nor did he ask Julian if I was allowed

and ears everywhere. Maybe he knew about Bridget and Nicholas. Maybe he knew I would come looking

was simply letting me speak to Julian anyway. I didn’t know.

late, only the string lights woven through the foliage lit the pathways. The moonlight above cast a soft glow, illuminating the edges of the otherwise imperceptible edges of

the darkened flowers

moonlight.

gaze was up at the moon. He didn’t look

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have sensed my presence

were so much brighter here than back home in the city. But my heart was recently shattered, and I

had wanted to do in Nicholas’s doorway. I covered my face with my

turned to me. “Piper? What’s