The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 117: Ayla

We asked Randy a few more questions but didn’t get through nearly as many as I had. But he needed rest. Theo and I both could tell he was barely holding on to consciousness. Theo had a cot and bedding brought down to him and actual IV fluids to help flush the wolfsbane from this system.

As we left the utility room, Theo stopped me.

“Why didn’t you tell me Dasha came back?” he asked shyly.

I could tell he was hurt about finding out that way. I grabbed his hands and leaned into him.

“I wasn’t sure if she would go away again,” I told him. “I didn’t want you to be disappointed if she did.”

“I hope she never has a reason to leave again.”

Dasha made a smart–ass comment, making me laugh.

“What?” Theo asked.

“I’ll tell you later,” I replied, kissing him.

“We need to have a meeting,” he said. “Our inner circle needs to be filled in on everything so we can get a better game plan in place.”

“Okay,” I said. “But… we also need to talk.”

“About?”

“What I did in there,” I said. “I don’t understand what’s going on.”

Theo leaned in and kissed me. “I know, sweetheart. I’m not sure either, but I have some theories. I think Randy can help us with that, too, once he’s rested up.”

“You trust him?” I asked.

smiled at me. “What are you feeling about him?”

a long moment. “I

it. I don’t know what that all means or if what he will tell us is true, but I think he believes it

entrance. When we turned the corner, we were surprised to see a flurry of activity. People going in and out of the packhouse. There were several

getting things ready for tomorrow night.”

with a sigh. “I completely forgot about that. Babe, I don’t think it’s going to happen. That’s too many people in and out. We don’t have the extra

“I’m not worried about that right now, either. The question is, which of us

volunteered. “She’s used

days. But you owe

”

and I’ll

them know the event

glazed over for a second while he was mind- linking with someone. “Jimmy’s on

headed inside. Jimmy was already coming down the stairs

tell me who needs kicking out, and I’ll make it

just ask them to

the fun it?” he replied, feigning dejection.

Theo said, kissing my cheek. “I’ll

and I got to work, figuring out who was who and what was what. For the most part, we were dealing with rental furniture and décor that were being stored inside until the setup. So it was mostly having to get

opening a crate to see where it was meant to be when I felt a sharp pain in the back of my neck, followed by an arm wrapped tightly around my

call out,” a voice said in my ear. “And don’t bother trying to

it. I tried to reach out, but the voice was correct. I couldn’t connect with anyone. Not even Theo. I quickly pushed my panic down. It wouldn’t help me now. I started to turn my head to look at my captor but he

pulling me toward the hall. “Just come with me quietly,

you want with me?” I said, keeping my voice

“There’s no reason

I asked. “If I knew, I may be able to help things

there will be nothing to

and left. The only ones left were too far away to notice what was happening. I

The commands.