The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 12: Theo

I had slipped out of Kylee’s room after she had fallen asleep. I had gone to see her the morning after Ayla’s accident, bringing the jewelry box I had retrieved from her mother’s house and apologizing for my recent behavior. I was worried she would ask more questions about what happened that night, but luckily, she was so thankful to have the necklace. she was eager to put it behind us.

Relieved to avoid the subject, I promised to have dinner with her and spend the whole evening together tonight. She was so happy I honestly thought it would be easy.

But that didn’t turn out to be the case.

I had thought about when we had first got together and some of the things we did. I wanted to do something that would remind me of when I first started to fall for Kylee. So, I

arranged for us to hike up our favorite trail to the waterfall where I asked her to be exclusive. I had a picnic dinner all arranged.

But when I met with her to leave, she insisted we go out to a restaurant because she hadn’t dressed for a hike. I was disappointed but agreed. I was supposed to be making it up to her, after all. But then our time together kept getting interrupted as pack members kept approaching us, asking about the preparations for our upcoming mating ceremony.

It was a topic Kylee was all too eager to talk about, but I was having a hard time mustering up the interest.

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“What’s wrong, babe?” she asked on the drive back to the packhouse, resting a hand on my thigh. “Didn’t you enjoy dinner?”

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“Yeah, it was good,” I said with a tight smile. “Everything is fine.”

“It doesn’t seem fine. Are you sure you’re not upset with me?”

“Of course not, babe. I’m just having a hard time with Dad being sick and all.”

“I know it’s hard. But soon, you’ll have taken over, and he’ll be able to take the time he needs to start getting better,” she said with a smile.

knew she was just trying to make me feel

and illnesses, particularly human ones. However, there were a

far from invincible.

human form to his wolf. It made the shift very painful. There were some treatments, but they mostly just made the secondary effects more bearable, so the best thing was to avoid

easier said than done for a shifter. Our animals were a part of us. They were another being, a primal being, that

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shifter’s mental health over time. It was even harder when

the pack from seeing him in this condition. I still wanted to protect her from that reality, but at the same time, it

pulled up to the packhouse and got out to open her door for her. Taking her hand, I walked us

do you think we’ll be able to

pouted as we approached her door. “I’m tired.

the ceremony. Once my parents officially step down, we’ll move into their wing of the packhouse. It’s really

her. “Well, then, I guess we’ll just have to

shirt, she pulled me down to

resisted at first, but I

on getting us back on track. So I deepened the kiss, following her lead to the bed. We stripped each

all, she knew what I liked and had always been eager

feeling of the first time we had been

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found sexy as hell. We had gone to see one of my favorite bands play at a bar,

time, I had thought it was the

as Kylee rode me with abandon, my mind went back to the moment I kissed Ayla. Her soft lips against mine. The feeling of her pulse quickening beneath my hand. How the scent of her arousal hit me, telling me

over, changing positions as I plowed into her. I closed my eyes, and my release approached quickly as Ayla’s face flashed in my head. I

my heels. Steadying my breathing as my head rested back on my shoulders. I couldn’t look at her. I didn’t want to break the illusion just yet. Kieran had left me earlier in the day, refusing to be present while I was with Kylee. So this