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

get a chance to go to college after I graduated, which kind of sucked because I got a

Emma exclaimed. “Why didn’t you

it just wasn’t

should definitely go for it

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

offered to bring you into the pack, hasn’t he?” Emma

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

sound too

just think it’s a bit much, I guess. It’s

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Alpha that,” Emma suggested. “If

he should know. He‘ Il respect

right,” I said with

nothing more going on with him?”

“No, nothing else is going

me a wink, making us both

thought something was going on between me and 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 Kingston if

I

very attractive. If we were in any other circumstance, I could easily see myself falling for him. But knowing my luck, Kingston.

wouldn’t be… even if I

have feelings for

“What were

I said, feeling my cheeks

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what do you

Kingston wanted me to think of something for us to do together, but I have no

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patient – so I’m going to pretend you didn’t just walk into that one,” Emma said through

thought about it for a