The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 27: Ayla

I wiped the tears from my eyes as I held my side. The laughter hurt, but I couldn’t stop.

“You cheated,” Kingston said again. “There’s no way you could have figured that out.”

I gasped for air. “I told you it wasn’t the husband.”

“But the gun and tire treads…” Kingston said, looking through the list of clues again. “Everything leads back to the husband.”

“Sure, but it was the daughter,” I said with a shrug, taking a sip of my drink to calm my giggles.

“But that’s not possible,” he protested. “She was out of the country at the time of the murder. Her passport was stamped.”

“It was.” I leaned forward and picked up the stack of fake passports. “But so was her twin sister’s. Coming into the country the morning of and flying out of the country the morning after the murder. So, Alpha, why would someone with an airtight alibi fly into the country just to create another airtight alibi? And how did she get on foreign soil in the first place?”

Hooked at him expectantly.

“She used her sister’s passport to come back, murder her mother, set her father up for it, and leave the country again,” I said. “Using her own to establish an alibi.”

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Kingston looked at the paper that held the name of the murderer again. “Well, damn. I guess you win.”

“Without cheating, right?”

“Yeah, yeah, I guess you didn’t cheat,” he conceded.

“Nope.”

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He sighed, leaning back into the couch cushions and throwing an arm over my shoulder.

“I admit defeat.” He pulled me against him. “I say we turn on a movie and forget this whole thing happened.”

He was teasing me.

be no forgetting,” I replied, laying my head on his

hand lightly up and down

yourself.” His tone was

I replied, looking up at

in and his mouth touched mine. I didn’t have time to stop him. I didn’t think I wanted to stop him. The touch was tentative but firm. His hand went to my face, and he deepened the kiss, his tongue grazing my

chest moved up and around his neck,

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chest had been gone for hours, thanks to Kingston’s proximity. I noticed he made an effort to maintain contact with me the whole evening. Just light touches. His leg

felt fantastic. It was the

wasn’t just

kiss made my heart skip, followed by racing as he pulled me in tighter. His

with a hiss. He had hit

mean to hurt you. I didn’t even intend for that kiss to happen. I know it’s too soon for

“It’s fine, really. It

head. “Still, I don’t

didn’t. I wasn’t exactly pushing

“I was hoping that was intentional.” His expression became serious again. “I really do care about you, Ayla. I know you’re probably not ready to even think about

just so complicated,” I

I know my kissing

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how to respond.

matter what happens,” he insisted. “But I also want you. For

were swirling through me, but excitement was pushing to the

you owe

think I’m okay with that,” I

smiled back. He leaned in

“Okay,” I said.

I was so comfortable that I eventually started to fall asleep. I let my mind wander. I began to think about what Kingston meant and what that would mean for me. We didn’t have the intensity of the

Kingston whispered. “We should get

walked me

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