The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

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Chapter 5: Theo

“What the hell is going on?” Ayla’s voice floated down to me as she ran down the stairs. She froze halfway down the moment she laid eyes on me. “What are you doing here?”

A silk robe hung open, revealing the shorts and cut–off tank top she wore underneath, her caramel–colored hair flowing loosely around her shoulders. She was gorgeous. And clearly not in distress. I took a step toward her as my rage grew.

“What are you doing here?” I spat back.

“That’s none of your concern,” the male interjected.

I turned on him again, a rumbling growl emanating from my chest, my claws extending. I was ready to rip his throat out.

“Stop,” Ayla yelled, coming the rest of the way down the stairs and stepping between the two of us. “Zeff, go to work.”

“Absolutely not. I’m not leaving you here with him. Not in the state he’s in.”

“I would never hurt her.” Kieran was ready to burst from my skin. How dare this bastard think we would ever lay a hand on

her.

“We both know that’s a load of bullshit.”

“Zeff, you’re not helping. Shut the hell up and leave. Go to work,” Ayla insisted.

“Ayla…”

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“I said go.” Her expression softened a little. “I’ll call you later.”

The hell she would.

The Zeff guy shot me another hate–filled look before exiting

out the open front door. We stood in silence until the sound of his engine faded.

“Are you f***ing him?”

Her eyes went wide, then narrowed as she took a step forward. “Are you f***ing my sister?”

A strangled snarl escaped me, but she started speaking again before I could recover from her accusation.

“What I do with a male – or anyone for that matter – is none of your damn business.”

“The hell it isn’t.” Electricity passed through the air between us. “He has no right to put his hands on you.”

she yelled, not only holding her ground against the alpha energy I was exuding but taking another step toward me.

didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop. Sparks of intense electricity shot through me, invigorating all my senses. I pushed her to open for me, my tongue seeking hers. Fuck, she tasted so good. She returned the kiss, her arousal mingling in the air.

“MINE.”

off her with

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“Fuck you.”

step toward her again but

f***ing hurt

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getting hurt,” I spat, but for some reason, I instantly regretted it. But I couldn’t take it back.

Pure rage radiated off of her, her eyes turning an icy

your own life ahead

of anger seemed to drain from her instantly, that blue fire fading

did you

the time, leaving

changed. She almost went completely limp in front of me, stumbling

you? She said that?” her

Urging me to stop hurting her. Because I was hurting her. I had struck a nerve, a very deep one, and I wouldn’t stop. She had to break the bond. Once and for all. If it meant I had to break her to

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out at all hours of the night when you were a teenager. How you dropped out of high school, waisting the tuition

“What?”

be with someone as cold

up. Her eyes a steely gray as

figure out

Ayla Garner, reject you, Theo Arden, as my mate. I

my

rejection.” The pain in my chest amplified, but

to accept it,”

“Yours didn’t.”

“Didn’t she?” Ayla said.

said she didn’t want to break the

‘She didn’t. Still accepted.‘

that possible? Our wolves were primal creatures. They were animals, after all. They weren’t

wanted. Not without a very good

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Ayla

to a point I thought my teeth would shatter. The noise in my head from Kieran

almost unbearable.

“He won’t.”

she

“I can’t.”

neither will she,” Ayla said, tears threatening to fall from

strong as me. I’d never overpower him on

Garner, cut my ties