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.

never even got to see her,”

Briggs

I replied. “Ayla got her back. Kieran

sighed sadly. “I’m sorry, Theo.”

on the floor in front of me that I looked up at her. Knowing she probably hated me again. Her

“Mina, I’m sorr…”

right now, then it means you’ve given up on her, and there’s no way in hell I’m letting you do that.”

energy shot through me that she would even dare think I was giving Ayla

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

all I could hope for. But, believe it or not,

I

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

the growl

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

shook my head. “She would have figured

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 who not

for doing the exact opposite,” I grumbled,

seen Ayla cry, Theo?”

like half the time I had

replied, hanging my

her cry once.”

lifted my

“I’ve seen Ayla cry once in my entire life, and that