The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0454

Julian and Nicholas continued to barrage each other with different attacks. Fur flew. Teeth chomped. Claws slashed, drawing blood.

At each overly–vicious blow, delivered by each of the two brothers, I flinched forward, wanting to stop the fighting. But Mark’s extended arm kept me from impulsively rushing forward, and in those few moments of hesitation, I remembered Mark’s warning.

Stepping between two fighting werewolves, Alphas no less, was a dangerous proposition. The two princes could quickly heal from each other’s inflicted wounds, but I wouldn’t be so lucky.

And, as I watch more closely, I noticed that even the bloody wounds given were not given purposefully deep. It was though, even as they lashed out at each other in rage, they held themselves back as well, never giving wounds too serious to not immediately heal.

Beside me, Bridget was calmly sipping her tea. Maybe she had noticed that already, and that was why she was so calm. If she knew them both as children and young adults, and if she had borne witness to these fights in the past, she would know from experience that, even angry, the two brothers wouldn’t seriously harm each other.

Again, I felt jealousy rise within me. I wished that I had known them when they were young. wished I could be as ingrained in their memories as Bridget was.

Eventually, Julian and Nicholas backed away from each other. They were huffing deep breaths from their efforts.

Nicholas shifted back to his human form first. His face and clothes were covered in dirt and grass–stains and dried blood, but there were no outward bruises or cuts. His face did, however, remain contorted in anger. He was still absolutely furious.

He didn’t say a word, just glared at Julian. Then, he turned from all of us and stormed back toward the palace.

Every muscle in my body itched to follow him and set all misunderstandings straight, but I forcibly held myself back. I doubted I would be welcome.

Bridget looked at me. “Think about what I said, Piper. You really should be more responsible.” Then she followed Nicholas, walking as casually as she had when she arrived.

Mark sighed. He nodded at me, then hurried after his master, giving Bridget a wide berth as he passed her.

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him. He was still in wolf form until he sat down in the grass. Then, abruptly he shifted

the dirt away from his cheek, where early Nicholas had struck him hard. “I forgot how jarring Nicholas’s right hook is.” He

both unharmed after such a vicious–looking fight, I flopped

I

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didn’t deserve it,” I said.

night,” Julian said. “Made him worry.

rising sun hadn’t yet reached high enough to break through the many limbs and

to be angry

Julian snorted. “Forget that the man is in love with you.”

my shoulders. “He’s not in

to hear his reasoning. Not now, when it made

with Bridget,” I said. “He can’t be in love with me.”

doesn’t get that pissed if he’s not jealous as hell. And a guy doesn’t get jealous as hell if

it really didn’t matter. If Nicholas had feelings for me, as Julian suggested, then he had to bury them

true feelings for a crown, then what use was it to think too much on

you? I saw her standing there

an unspoken pact between us

that now.

warning, I’d say,” I told him. “She said… Well…” I inhaled a great breath. It was painful even to repeat it. “She said that since she and Nicholas are together now, I should just leave him

his head from

“T

the relationship eliminated any remaining sliver of hope that the relationship between her and Nicholas had been something in my imagination. At least, that hope was cut for Julian. Me, personally? I still