The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

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Chapter 25: Ayla

‘What?” I replied. “Nothing is going on.”

‘Are you sure about that?” Emma asked, taking a sip of emonade. “Alpha has been spending an awful lot of time here. Plus, he has you staying here. He’s hired a home nurse. He’s covered your medical bills.”

‘He did what?”

“You didn’t know he covered the hospital bills?”

“No,” I said, shaking my head. “No, I did not. He really didn’t have to do any of those things.”

“Well, he has,” Emma confirmed. “Don’t get me wrong, Alpha is great, and he would do anything to take care of any pack member. But you being an outsider and a rogue

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– it’s a little unprecedented.”

no offense

“Yeah, I thought that too,” I said, picking up my glass. “But it turns out my father saved his life when he was a kid. I had a picture of him in my car, and Kingston found it. So, I guess he just feels obligated to help.”

“Wow, isn’t that some twist of fate, huh?” Emma commented.

“Yeah, I guess so. Plus, it was kind of his fault I crashed, so there’s probably a little bit of guilt there, too,” I added.

“Well, there should be,” Emma said with a smile. “I’m glad he was there to help. And I’m glad he convinced you to stay. You‘ ve already become my favorite patient. And not just because

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you’re my easiest by far.”

We both laughed.

you will do once

university. I didn’t get a chance to go to college after I graduated, which kind of sucked because I got a couple

exclaimed. “Why didn’t you

the end, it just wasn’t in the cards for

should definitely go

know the industry well and have some good contacts,” I threw out there. “But

offered to bring you into the pack,

he wants to make a thing of it. Do the whole ceremony thing

don’t sound too

sweet,” I rushed. “I just think it’s a bit much, I guess. It’s just

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Alpha that,” Emma suggested. “If he wants

something you’re uncomfortable with, he

I said with

going on with him?” Emma

eyes. “No, nothing else is going

wink,

Kingston. But I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. I was still bound to someone. Whether I could or even wanted to be with him didn’t really matter. It was hard to picture myself having feelings for anyone else while the bond was still in place. And that wouldn’t be fair to

I

made me laugh. He was very attractive. If we were in any other circumstance, I could easily

wouldn’t be… even if I could have

have feelings for

commented. “What were you thinking

said, feeling

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“I don’t know. Kingston wanted me to think of something for us to do together, but

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my patient – so I’m going to pretend you didn’t just walk into that one,” Emma said through giggles. “But since it seems taking advantage of our gorgeous Alpha isn’t on your radar, what about a

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