The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story novel Chapter 104

Chapter 0104 

I pushed the horse as fast as she could go. My wolf was here, I could feel it. 

But then, suddenly, it felt further away. It was leaving me! 

In the driveway beyond the house, a car started to drive away. I pulled at the reins, guiding the horse in 

that direction. 

Faster, faster. We were going to lose it! 

The horse huffed with each heavy exhale. Its hooves clattered against the concrete driveway. We followed the car as it pulled out onto the road, sl*pping straight through the rod–iron gate that had opened 

for the car.1 

Julian was right behind me. He’d stopped calling for me and instead now followed my lead. 

We chased that car. The windows were tinted, I couldn’t see inside. But I knew my wolf was there. It was 

so close, I could have cried. 

But then the road reached a straight stretch, and the car accelerated to a faster speed than my horse 

had any chance of matching. 

The distance expanded, adding yard after yard, until the car was on the horizon line, and my horse was 

slowing from exhaustion. 

I watched the car go, even long after it was out of sight. Inside my chest, the tether between me and my 

wolf stretched and stretched, until it finally snapped and was gone. 

Julian dismounted quickly beside me. “We have to get off the road.” 

As I stood there in shock, he grabbed the reins of my horse as well as his own, and led both away from 

the road and into the forest brush alongside it. 

I was numb. I couldn’t move. 

For one brief moment, I had felt my wolf again. Now, as before, I was empty. 

Julian, a man determined, carefully guided our horses deeper into the woods. He didn’t say a word the 

entire time 

He could have been mad at me, I wasn’t sure. Whenever I had seen Julian mad in the past, typically at 

Nicholas, he had lashed out with a sharp smirk and barbed insults. This silence was something new. 

In the depths of the forest, we reached a small grassy patch. Julian stopped, and the horses began to 

“Can you get down?” Julian asked me. “We need to let the horses rest for a few moments. We pushed them pretty hard.” 

I understood and slowly dismounted the mare. 

Julian finally looked at me, but his expression was unreadable. He looked so much like Nicholas in that moment; it was clear they were brothers, even if their personalities were so different. 

“You felt your wolf,” he said. “In that car.” 

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have –” 

“No. I should have calculated that you might react that way. I could only imagine what it must have felt 

like to be reunited.” 

I couldn’t have explained it even if I tried. Instead, I hooked my fingers together and sunk in on myself a 

little. I felt carved out, hollow inside. 

We stood there in silence again. Julian fiddled with his phone, but he seemed frustrated with it. 

“No signal out here.” 

“Are we lost?” I asked. 

“No. I can get us back from here, but it won’t be so secret if I can’t coordinate with Brian. We’re way off the prepared route, and I don’t dare go back that way. Those at the mansion will be looking for us now. 

“I’m sorry. I truly hadn’t meant to cause trouble. I just… I felt a pull, and I had to follow.” 

“I get it, Piper. Really.” He ran a hand down his face and then sighed dramatically. “I suppose we’ll have. 

to settle for Plan B.” 

“What’s plan B?” 

He winked. 

“Julian.” 

“Trust me, Piper.” 

I didn’t. Couldn’t. Julian was far too manipulative, always watchful, always scheming. And he was a 

troublemaker, through and through. 

3 trust Nicholas,” I said. 

Julian put a hand over his heart. “You wound me.” 

I crossed my arms, unwilling to admit how this banter helped me feel a bit better. “You haven’t earned 

my trust yet.” 

“You have good instincts then.” He smirked. It was nice to see him back to his usual self. “I’m likely the most untrustworthy man you will ever meet.” 

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We waited a bit longer, until the horses were rested, then we began the slow ride back to the palace 

“Just whose palace was that?” I tried asking, hoping he might surprise me with an actual response 

“Someday we will have established great trust between us,” he said, evasive as ever. 

I sighed. 

He grinned at me. “You won’t believe me, but I’m only not telling you for your own protection. I need to 

look into this further before I reveal too much.” 

At times like these, I wished I had my phone, or any access to the internet, so I could just look it up. As it was, I was at the mercy of whatever information Julian wanted to share. 

As we neared the palace, Julian suggested we once 

and he began to text with Brian. 

more try to be sneaky. His phone service returned 

Yet, the moment we walked our horses toward the paddock, a camera crew rushed toward us as if they had been waiting for our return. Cameras pushed straight into our faces. The producers shouted out 

questions. 

“Prince Julian! Tell us about your secret rendezvous!” 

“Piper! Was it worth the risk, breaking the rules to see the prince?” 

“Piper, do you think what you’ve done is fair to the other –” 

Julian slid his arm around my shoulders. “Come now, guys. This is no big secret. Hasn’t it been obvious 

that Piper is my favorite?” 

I totally froze. I’d already been blindsided by the cameras and questions, and now Julian was making up 

such an absurd lie? 

He flashed me a wide, cocksure grin that seemed to say, Play along. 

“Piper! Is that true? Are you Julian’s favorite?” 

I wasn’t a good liar. “… guess?” 

“Don’t be so shy, sugar plum. Julian nuzzled against my cheek. It took everything I had not to rear away 

I 

Julian wasn’t an unattractive man, but this was too close, too much. Especially because I knew he was 

faking it 

Even for Julian, he was laying it on thick. I was confused until I saw Nicholas near the stables, watching 

us with a furious expression. 

When Julian’s hard lowered to my waist, Nicholas stormed forward. 

“Tell them, sweetheart,” Julian purred.