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.

even got to

Briggs asked.

replied. “Ayla got her back. Kieran never got to see her.”

sighed sadly. “I’m sorry, Theo.”

heard the door open and close behind me, and someone approached us. It wasn’t until Mina sat on the floor in front of me that I looked up at her. Knowing she probably hated me again. Her face was flushed and her eyes were red and puffy. She had been crying

“Mina, I’m sorr…”

to me right now, then it means you’ve given up on her, and there’s no way in

she would even dare think I was

on her,” I growled. “I don’t care if you hate me for

all I

I

this and you’re going to listen. Because she needs you. And you are good for her. Even in some twisted way, you rejecting

couldn’t control the growl that started.

said shut up,” she instructed. “Ayla was a slave 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

my head. “She would have figured something out.”

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

rejects her for doing the exact

you seen Ayla cry, Theo?” Mina

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

many,” I replied,

seen her cry once.”

my

“I’ve seen Ayla cry once in my entire