The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 120: Ayla

I was numb as I stared out the window, watching rain trail down the glass. We were out of Greytooth territory now. I could feel it.

“I’m sorry, Ayla,” Alpha Harden said again. “Truly, I am, but this is the only way to keep you safe.”

I didn’t say anything. I hadn’t said anything since we left the city.

“He wanted to come with you, you know.” Alpha Harden said. “He didn’t even hesitate. He would have given it all up.”

“What stopped him?” I said hoarsely.

“Reality,” he replied. “There’s no way the Waar Pak won’t know he’s your true mate now that you made your relationship public. If you both disappeared, they’d have an array of people to go through to find you both. They’d go after the pack, his family, even his allies.”

I closed my eyes. I’d never want that to happen. I tried to focus on the coolness of the window against my face. Thunder rumbled outside as the rain became heavier. The storm was getting worse. I knew how that felt.

“Alpha, we’ve got flood warnings coming up.” Gamma Blake said. “We’re heading right into this storm, and it’s going to hit hard. I think we should find somewhere to wait it out.”

I felt Alpha Harden’s eyes on me,

“There’s a motel up the road,” he replied. “We’ll stop there. Let Ms. Garner get some sleep.”

Chapter 120: Ayla

I was numb as I stared out the window, watching rain trail down the glass. We were out of Greytooth territory now. I could feel it.

“I’m sorry, Ayla,” Alpha Harden said again. “Truly, I am, but this is the only way to keep you safe.”

said anything since we left the city.

you, you know,” Alpha Harden said. “He didn’t even hesitate. He would have given it

I

way the Waar Pak won’t know he’s your true mate now that you made your relationship public. If you both disappeared,

the window against my face. Thunder rumbled outside as the rain became heavier. The

“We’re heading right into this storm, and it’s going

felt Alpha Harden’s eyes on me.

road,” he replied. “We’ll stop there. Let Ms. Garner get some sleep.”

to sleep. The last time I slept, everyone I loved decided to ship me off to goddess

sick of it. I spent ten years protecting myself and my mother and sister from loan

let them

into the front office to rent a room for us. He drove us to a room at the end. Alpha Harden covered me from the heavy wind and rain as we ran from the

was fine. We didn’t need anything fancy. It was just someplace to take shelter. I sat on the edge of one of the beds and tried to think of my next move. Alpha Harden said it was a two–day drive to the safe house they had arranged. I wasn’t going

Alpha Harden said. “But we’ll need to drive straight through once we get back on the road. So you should rest while you can get comfortable.”

you command someone?” I asked

were coming into your abilities,” Alpha Harden replied. “You’ll need

gave me an idea on how to use it, but

on the opposite bed,

at someone for it to completely work?” I asked. “I wasn’t looking at my attacker. It slowed him down, but obviously not enough.”

he said. “That’s fine for some things. You need to know how much strength to put behind the command. And no, you don’t have to

”

have to speak the command?”

or send it through a mind–link,” he clarified. “But that may take you a little bit to figure out. It’s hard to

doesn’t seem like I won’t have anyone to mind–link with anymore