The Luna Choosing Game

Slowly, my grief subsided for now, enough for me to look up at Nicholas and feel the relief of being reunited with my fiancé.

My... mate

"I love you," Nicholas said. "I'm sorry it took so long for me to reach you."

"How are you even here? It's impossible for you to have found me this quickly?"

Nicholas smiled a little. "Veronica was able to follow the teleportation magic. She'd been studying for months, just for this chance. Some of our wolves are fighting above, but I couldn't stand the thought of waiting. Hawk must have used the teleportation magic again, because Veronica sensed it and sent me straight to you."

I fell into Nicholas's embrace once more, thrilled to feel him so close and safe. His heart

pounded in rhythm with mine, the beat of our mating bond, brilliant and strong, holding us together. I wanted to revel in this closeness for as long as I could.

But that would come later.

For now, we had to get out of here.

Even as I thought it, the building quaked around us, shifting more dust into the air.

my by the arm and began herding me toward the door. "The sooner I have you away from

too. "We have

Nicholas glanced at me. "He's

protect me, but Hawk sent him away. He can't be far.

"We'll search. Quickly."

the door, I finally put up a fight, stopping Nicholas. I glanced into the dusty, shadowy room, looking beyond the corpse of my worst

time and time again, even tried to kill me. But my heart still mourned for her. For the woman she could have been had she taken a different path in

have been a mother. A friend. A

anyway. When we were safe, I would return to

For now..

will carry you out of here if I

Nicholas

Joyce not long after, screaming and pounding on a locked door to one

our way to the

Joyce!" Nicholas called

you here?"