The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 78

Chapter 78: Ayla
I pulled into the restaurant’s parking lot and looked for Zeff’s car. My excitement about seeing him had been growing the entire ride down from the lake. Yesterday had been a long day. I had spent about six hours recording with Alpha and Beta Harry. Then I spent most of the night compiling everything together to get some of the work started.
I really was trying to keep my promise to Kingston. But I needed a break and had planned to see Zeff since I decided to return home. He had been out of the territory on business since I had been here. He was finally back, and I was ready to catch up.
I saw his car near the front and pulled into an empty spot next to him. When I got out, I saw him waiting outside the entrance. I practically ran at him, throwing my arms around him as he lifted me off the ground in a big bear hug. We both laughed with joy, and I had to fight back tears.
Goddess, I had missed him.
“How’s my Ayls doing?” he asked as he set me down. “I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve missed you, too,” I said, looping my arm in his as he led me into the restaurant. “Everything has been so crazy lately.”
“You don’t say?” he teased. He had been there for me through just about everything, after all.
“What about you?” I said. “You’ve been all over the place lately. Are you finally going to tell what that’s been all about?”
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“That’s exactly what I plan to do,” he said with a smile.
A hostess greeted us and led us to a booth. We requested a spot a few tables away from anyone else for some privacy.
“So, what is all the secrecy about?” I pressed once we were settled.
“I’m not sure how else to say it, so I’m just going to get it out,” he started. “I left the publishing house.”

“What?” I said, shocked. “Why?”
“It was time, Ayla,” he said, giving me a knowing look. “It was a great job, and I loved the people I worked with. But you know it wasn’t my plan to stay there forever.”
“Zeff, if this is because I left…”
“It wasn’t because of that,” he interrupted. “Well, it wasn’t only because of that. Your leaving was more of a catalyst to get me to do what I’ve wanted for a while.”
Zeff had gotten his degree in journalism. He had worked with newspapers in his early career. It was a competitive industry then, and he wasn’t growing as much as he wanted. So when the opportunity with the publishing house came about, he took it. But he always told me he wanted to go back to journalism at some point.
“Did you find something with a newspaper?” I asked excitedly.
He shook his head. “No, I had an offer but decided not to take it. Do you remember Holly? The interviewer for that magazine that did that piece on Sabina Heartwood early last year?”
“Yeah. From the Blue Fang pack, right?”
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“Yeah,” Zeff confirmed. “Well, we’ve kept in touch. She had an idea for an online magazine. So, we’ve been working together, and we’ve actually gotten some decent interest in it. We have few investors. We’ ve launched the first two weekly issues through pre-release to a test demographic. Things are looking pretty promising.”
“Zeff, that’s fantastic,” I exclaimed. “I’m so proud of you. How long have you been planning this?”
“We’ve been discussing it and making plans for a while,” Zeff said. “But I didn’t seriously consider making it my primary focus until you left. Let’s face it. You were my best client. There didn’t seem like much of a reason to stay.”
I knew he was making light of everything that happened, but it still bothered me that I had hurt him the way I did.
“Zeff, you know how sorry I am about what happened.”
He grabbed my hand. “Don’t be, Ayls. Honestly, it was the best thing that could have happened for both of us. I know that now. Asking you what I did wasn’t fair for many reasons. So, just forget about it all. You did nothing wrong, and I’m happy. Okay?”
I smiled at him, believing every word. “Okay.”
“Good,” he said. “Because I have a proposition for you.”
“Okay…” I said skeptically.
“So, we have an open segment that we feel we need to fill, but we were having trouble finding anything we think would be a long-term fit. But we got a suggestion that, with the right writer, we think would be interesting to try. And I thought of you.”
“Okay,” I said, still skeptical. “You know I’m a Sablemane now, Zeff. I
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have a job there.”
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