The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 47: Ayla

“Are you sure?” Kingston asked, his hands moving over my face, my hair, my shoulders, anywhere to reassure him that I was okay.

I closed my eyes to help me focus my thoughts. I tried searching for her in my mind. I still couldn’t find her, but something felt different.

“It’s like she’s just out of reach,” I said. “Like a whisper just brushing up against my thoughts.”

My breathing was still a little heavy. Kingston wrapped his arms around me until it returned to normal.

“Do you mind if I try something?” he whispered.

I looked up at him. There was so much hope in them I wanted to give him everything.

“Okay,” I said.

He kissed my forehead and moved to stand up. “Wait here.”

He walked down the dock and ducked into the shadows of the trees. It was completely dark out now. Only the moon reflecting on the lake offered any light, which I was glad of since I didn’t have my night vision without Dasha.

I thought I heard Kingston coming back. Instead, I turned to see a large, gray wolf step out of the forest. He was nearly white along his legs and underbelly, with mottled gray and black fur covering his back. He even had black coloring lining

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his ears, a trait I hadn’t seen in another wolf other than Dasha.

This must be Lennix.

He was beautiful.

him, pushing my fingers through his thick fur. I reveled in the sensation of his coarse outer fur

close to a male wolf as myself. I had run with Zeff and a few other friends over the years many times, but never had I touched one with my human hands. It felt so intimate, and

the dock, nudging me to

we won’t be comfortable on the rough boards for long. Why don’t we find someplace

pushed up to his belly, giving me a nod. Smiling, I picked up my shirt and went to put it on, but Lennix tugged at it

you naughty,” I laughed. “Fine,

off near the waterline. We curled up together, and I don’t know how long I laid there just stroking his fur. It wasn’t until sunlight started to filter through my eyelids that I realized we had fallen

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his head resting on my knees. Remembering what had happened last night, I tried to reach for Dasha again. Tears started to well when I could feel her presence in

strangled laugh escaped as he stared at me in curiosity. I grabbed his face

“Thank you,” I whispered.

nuzzled me for a moment before getting up. He stretched with a yawn and trotted off to where

closed my eyes and let the warm rays

later, I felt Kingston’s hands trailing

he sensed Dasha,”

still not ready to come out or to speak to me yet, but she’s there. I can feel

step, at least,”

“Yes.”

a deep breath and kissed my shoulder. “You

“I guess we should

mean, I would happily stay out here with you all day,” he teased, nipping at my

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I’d be able to resist the temptations

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I agreed as my own desire started to build. “You’re

I hadn’t bothered to put my boot back on last night. Kingston insisted that I wait while he went to