The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 35: Theo

I felt like I was on auto–pilot for days after I felt Ayla with Kingston. I slept even less. My nights were plagued with dreams of them together whenever I closed my eyes. The only way I could get any peace was to get drunk enough to pass

out.

I was avoiding my parents, and Kylee, and anyone else for that matter. Especially Briggs. After Kylee’s cousin, Mina, turned out to be his fated mate, I couldn’t handle being around them.

I was holed up in my office again when he burst through the door without knocking..

“In case you didn’t get the hint,” I said, “I’m not in the mood to talk to you.”

“I’m just here to do my job,” he replied, dropping a folder on my desk. “I finally heard back from some of the other packs. There have been four similar fires set in other territories. Two

with casualties.”

I picked up the file and was eagerly opening it when Kylee rushed into my office, followed by her mother.

“You need to find her, Theo,” she yelled angrily.

“What are you…”

“Ayla,” she interrupted, fury rolling off of her.

I felt the blood drain from my face. Had she found out her

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sister was a rogue?

Kylee. What’s going on?” I said, trying to

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Kylee shrieked. “She stole every last penny our mother

under his breath

standing up

thousand dollars from Ma’s account. Gone. Her phone is off. She’s not answering emails. The neighbors say that they haven’t seen her in weeks,” Kylee continued.

Marie admonished, but there wasn’t a

it. “Alpha Theo, we have no idea

know exactly where she

do you know where she is?” Kylee

pack a

her mouth. This wasn’t exactly the way I was going to break the news to them, but right now, I didn’t really care. I couldn’t believe I had been wallowing over her all this time. I

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true. She

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tired of his stubbornness, I grabbed my phone and keys from the

wouldn’t do

she would, Ma,” Kylee spat, not evening caring that her only sibling cut herself off from them. “She’s always been

this,” I insisted, heading for the door. “I’ll make sure you get every penny

the hall when Briggs caught up with me, grabbing my

do, Theo, don’t,”

all,” I said through gritted teeth. “She’s just as

not even going

Briggs,” I interrupted. “I’m not living with

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at the police station to file a report to press charges against Ayla. I had to get things expedited, but it wasn’t too hard. It still took most of the evening to get all the paperwork together. So I got a hotel room to avoid returning to the packhouse and

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me practically non–stop since I had left, so I cut my phone off a few hours into the drive. Until I got to the