The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 9: Ayla

There was a throbbing in my head that brought me back to consciousness. I heard a strange beeping sound. It was

annoying. I opened my eyes slowly, trying to adjust to the light. It didn’t take long. The room was rather dim, which I was grateful for.

I had no idea where I was. I tried to remember what had happened. As I looked around, I realized I was in a hospital room. I remembered. I was in a car accident. I tried to reach

Dasha.

She was still gone.

It was okay. She needed more time. She probably didn’t even realize what had happened.

I tried to sit up but ended up stifling a cry as pain shot through my side, forcing me to take shallow breaths.

“Easy,” a deep, gentle voice said from somewhere next to me. I looked over to see a man standing from a chair next to the bed. “You’re quite beat up. That was a pretty bad accident you were in.”

I suddenly remembered why I lost control of the car.

“There was someone in the road,” I said frantically, my voice hoarse from my dry throat. “Are they okay? Did I hit them?”

The man picked up a cup of water and helped me drink. “He’s fine. Feeling quite foolish for getting caught in the road and a bit guilty for causing someone to get hurt because of it.”

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“Well, as long as he’s okay, that’s the important thing. He’ll have another opportunity to not be foolish next time.”

The gentlemen chuckled. He seemed to be older than me, maybe around Zeff’s age. He had beautiful green eyes and dark brown hair. His perfect, white teeth were a contrast to his tanned skin and the dark stubble that covered a strong jaw. He smelled good, too, like a forest of pines and balsam. He was dressed nicely in a suit, so he wasn’t a doctor. So, who was he?

“Um, I’m sorry, but do I know you?” I asked, trying to slowly sit myself up again. The man reached up and braced my shoulders to help me. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” he replied. “And to answer your question, no, you don’t know me.”

He reached and gently held my chin, lifting it to look him in the eye. He seemed to be examining me. Like he was looking for something. I wasn’t sure if he found it, but he gave me a small smile.

“I’m Kingston Amvorov. You crashed not too far from my house. I’m afraid I was the fool in the middle of the road,” he said a little bashfully.

“Why were you in the middle of the road?” I asked assertively.

He gave me a sheepish grin. “That’s… a bit of a long story. I’ll tell you another time. Right now, I should get a nurse.”

the few minutes he was gone to look myself over

throbbing in my head told me

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bandage on my left side just behind the hairline. I remembered the pain in my side when I tried to sit up, and breathing wasn’t exactly pleasant.

dull throbbing that was a

worst.

sweetly as she checked my vitals and administered another dose of pain medicine. When she was done, she let

her. I thanked her, and as I watched

eyes on me.

moved the chair closer, taking a

tell me why

I was a shifter, which means I shouldn’t have needed this much medical attention. Depending on how long I had been out, there should have already been a

But Dasha was gone.

abilities came from

may be,

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of the worst weeks of

Maybe I’ll tell you another

he said, and his expression sobered up. “But I am going to have to insist on some kind of explanation regarding

was when I crashed, but I knew

Kingston rushed. “No one here

I am still on their lands, they will. He’ll find me.” I pushed the blankets off me as I started to pull at the tubes and wires hooked to me, ignoring. the sharp

calm down. You’re not in Greytooth territory. No one is going

had managed to remove must have triggered an alarm because the nurse from before came

said. “Ms. Garner just had a little bit of a

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nurse said. She rushed to my side and gave me a gentle

my fear not completely absolved. A rogue was a target for any Alpha or ranking wolf. He had the

“You’re the Alpha?”

he replied. “You’re in Sablemane territory.

a rogue, why… why

this situation, but

know me,” I

hitting me,” he replied. “And when that caused you to crash, you sustained serious injuries. You had no business standing on the leg, let alone climbing up an embankment. And the first thing you