The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 28: Theo

“Briggs,” I ordered, “tell me you found her.”

He made a face. “I found her,” he said shortly. “She’s alive and she’s safe. We should leave it at that.”

I didn’t like what he was saying. There was something he didn‘ t want me to know, and now wasn’t the time to try my patience. Or Kieran’s. He was pacing in my head, ready to command Briggs to tell us everything he knew about Ayla.

“So she is in Sablemane territory?” I pushed. “Did you talk to her? Do you know where she’ll go next? A rogue won’t be able to stay in pack lands for long.”

“She will be safe.”

“How?” I wanted to know what he was keeping from me. “Did you talk to her?”

“Why does it matter, Theo?” Briggs asked calmly.

“Because it matters, Briggs.”

He sat there watching me for a few minutes, weighing his words carefully, which didn’t put me any more at ease. Finally, he sighed and started to talk.

“Ayla is with the Sablemane Pack. She was in a car accident in their territory and was taken to the closest hospital. Her injuries were pretty bad. She was in the hospital for four days.”

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So she definitely wasn’t healing. Dasha hadn’t returned to her.

“Theo, someone has taken an interest in her,” Briggs said.

My focus snapped to attention, my mind now only on my

mate.

“What do you mean ‘taken an interest?‘ Who?”

“She’s staying with Alpha Kingston. He made it clear to me that she is under his protection. She won’t be a rogue for much longer,” Briggs said.

“He’s bringing her into the pack?” I shot up from my seat. “Why the f*** does he care? Why is she staying with him?”

“I don’t know.”

of interest does he have

share that with

you know?” I

Briggs explained. “And he made sure I would give you the message to forget about her and leave her

My whole body was tense with

saying what I

know he’s not keeping her there against her will?” My chest was

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to her myself,” Briggs said. “I met

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He actually saw her. “How

hell up from the accident. But she was perfectly comfortable with her surroundings. She was there by

that mean she was interested in Kingston? Did

to Briggs as I clutched at

Sablemane because someone likes her? Are you really going to be so cruel as to force her to be alone

right. What was I going to do? Even if I could get her away from Kingston, what would that do? It would make me the bastard Briggs was saying it would. But I still couldn’t get the image of someone else’s hands on Ayla out of my head. Or ignore the way my gut

it, this wraps this whole mess up conveniently,” Briggs said. “You have enough to put her family at ease and she’s out of the picture. If you really don’t want her, that

course I want her,” I blurted out without thinking. I shook my head. “Kieran wants her. Between him and

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just want her

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No,” I said, pushing my hands through my hair. “Even if I did, it doesn’t change who she

asked, crossing his arms over his chest. “Because I have to say, the woman I met wasn’t the same person we’ve

myself back in

was?” Briggs asked gently. “I

that with her,” I said. “She’s young. She knows

“Have you?”

with anger or disappointment. It was genuine and

know anymore,” I

to talk it

This had turned into such a mess. And it hurt like

felt ambushed,” I

“When?”

“I was there with the woman

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