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 see her,” I

Briggs asked.

replied. “Ayla got her back.

sadly. “I’m sorry, Theo.”

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

“Mina, I’m sorr…”

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

shot through me that she would even

never give up on her,” I growled. “I don’t care if you hate

Mina insisted. “You know she’s the best thing that ever happened to you. As her cousin, that’s all I could hope for. But, believe it

stop. I don’t

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

couldn’t control the growl that

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

“She would

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

her for doing the exact opposite,”

times have you seen Ayla cry, Theo?” Mina

It felt like half the time I had spent with her,

many,” I replied, hanging

her cry

lifted my

seen Ayla cry once in my entire life, and that