The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 119: Theo

Briggs found me in the same place I went the last time I walked away from my mate.

I had torn the gym apart. Punched holes in almost every surface. I was currently still punching the bag despite my hands being bloody pulp.

“Theo,” Briggs called to me.

I didn’t listen. I wouldn’t listen.

“Theo, stop.

”

Still no response. No acknowledgment.

“Damn it, Theo.”

Briggs‘ arms went around my shoulders, holding me still. It was enough for everything to take over. I didn’t stop the thundering roar that exploded from me. Knowing it wouldn’t be enough. The yell turned into sobs as my knees hit the floor.

“I know, man,” Briggs said quietly, maintaining his hold on me. “I know.”

He let my emotions run their course. Sitting with me as I felt my world slipping away from me. All I could do was keep telling myself Ayla was safe now. Over and over. My mate was safe. That’s all that mattered now.

I slowly calmed down. But I still didn’t feel like I was there. My mind. was still floating over everything that had happened that day.

to see her,”

Briggs asked.

back. Kieran

sadly. “I’m sorry,

I looked up

“Mina, I’m sorr…”

she interrupted. “If you say sorry to me right now, then it means you’ve given up on her,

me that she would even

care if you hate me for doing this

you. As her cousin, that’s all I could hope for. But, believe it or not, you’re the best thing that happened to her. You‘

I don’t

she needs you. And you are good for her. Even in some twisted way, you rejecting her was good for

control the growl

to her family. Yes, they allowed it, but it was her own doing. She let her role consume her. Had you managed to reject each other successfully and truly broken the bond, she would have continued on like that. She never would have left the pack. She never would have left her mother. And she would have watched her sister live out her life with you. And it would have destroyed her.”

“She would have figured something out.”

supposed to take care of her family. That was her purpose. Because of their reliance on her, and their selfishness, she never would have questioned whether she was meant for more. And we all know she was meant for so much more than being Marie’s nursemaid for the rest of her life. She deserves more than that. She deserves someone

comes along and rejects her for doing the exact opposite,” I grumbled, her words

you seen Ayla cry, Theo?”

gut. It felt like half the time I had spent with her, she was crying. Often because

replied, hanging

seen her cry

lifted my head.

cry once