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.

got to

Briggs

replied. “Ayla got her back. Kieran never

sighed sadly. “I’m

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

“Mina, I’m sorr…”

“If you say sorry to me right now, then it means you’ve given

me that she would even dare think I was giving Ayla up.

care if you hate me for doing this to

As her cousin, that’s all I could hope for. But,

I

“You do need to hear this and you’re going to listen. Because she needs you. And you are good

the growl that

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.”

shook my head. “She would have

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

then her mate comes along and rejects her for doing the exact opposite,” I grumbled, her words reminding me

have you seen Ayla

the gut. It felt like half the time I had

many,” I replied, hanging my

seen her cry once.”

lifted my head.

Ayla cry once in my entire life,