The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

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Chapter 24: Ayla

Kingston had tried to help me unpack all my stuff, but I insisted he leave me to do it on my own. In the end, he gave in, and I spent most of the morning putting things away. It was still a weird feeling. I had agreed to stay, and I did want to. I felt safe here and I liked Kingston. But it was still his home.

I wasn’t sure how I felt about being beholden to him for everything. Especially since we barely knew each other. I hadn’t been dependent upon another person for so long that it made me feel more helpless than taken care of.

But it wouldn’t be forever. I really was kind of helpless at the moment. Or at least very limited. I couldn’t move around a lot for a few more days. I couldn’t drive for weeks. I had no job or idea where to start looking for one. The only thing I had going for me was that I had the funds to take care of those things… – when I could actually walk again.

So, yeah, I was feeling a bit helpless.

But I had also been going non–stop since I was fourteen. I was overdue for some downtime and someone to take care of me for once. I would just have to figure out how to enjoy it.

When I finally emerged from my room, Kingston waved me over to the living room.

“I noticed your laptop didn’t make it through the accident in great shape, so I picked you up a new one,” he said as he set a box on the coffee table. “I got you a new phone, but I wanted

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to see if you wanted to keep using the old SIM card or if you wanted a new number altogether.”

of this,” I said. Yeah, still not able to just

are things you’ll need to get back on your

smile as I sat next to him on the couch. “Okay, okay. But I’m paying you back.

I’m broke

indicating the huge luxurious home we were

had been using. So, the setup would be easy. I also saved everything I needed to the cloud, so I didn’t have to worry about losing any data from the other device. That was a

up, stopping me from saying anything. “I know you’re fine. But I know some things are hard for you to do on your own. And I‘ m well aware I can’t help you with everything. So, please, just humor

hair. I still had stitches that weren’t easy to

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the couch. “And while I’m out, think of what you want to

weird

laptop up and running. The first thing I did was check my email. I frowned when I saw the string of emails

so worried. I couldn’t keep him in the dark anymore. Especially after

He found out I turned myself

email, mostly apologizing for leaving the way I did but also making sure he didn’t do anything

nurse arrived, she knocked but didn’t bother waiting for me to answer, which was

smile. “I’m Emma, the home nurse

you, Emma,”

bag on the floor and sitting on the coffee table in front of me. “Alpha filled me in on some details, and

got some recovering to do, but I’m feeling pretty good,” I said, returning her

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