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.

what you will do once you’re mobile again?”

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

awesome,” Emma exclaimed. “Why didn’t you take

In the end, it just wasn’t in the cards for me at the

then you should definitely go

also thinking about starting my own publishing company. I know the industry well and have some good contacts,” I threw out there. “But these are all just ideas. I’ll need to take care of the whole rogue situation before any of that can be

you into

make a thing of it. Do the whole

sound too

rushed. “I just think it’s a bit much, I guess. It’s just not something I’m

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tell Alpha that,” Emma suggested. “If he wants

he should

I said

sure there’s nothing more going on with him?” Emma

eyes. “No, nothing else is going

gave me a wink, making us

about that. I was still bound to someone. Whether I could or even wanted to be with him didn’t really matter. It

I didn’t

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

even if I could

have feelings

blushing,” Emma commented. “What

feeling my cheeks get

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“So, what do you two have planned tonight?”

wanted me to think of something for us to do together, but I have no idea what we can do sitting around

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that

thought about it for a moment. “What kind of