The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 3: Ayla

I had showered, changed, and was heading out the door when my phone rang. I checked the ID and picked up the call.

“Hey, Zeff,” I answered happily.

“Well, don’t you sound perky this morning,” Zeff replied. “Oh, that’s right, congratulations are in order. Not that I found out from you.

“I

There was no anger in his tone, but I still felt a pang of guilt. I hadn’t told him about Theo and I marking each other. He was out of town working with Holly on the magazine again, and I hadn’t had time once we got back to the packhouse. I should have

Called him on the way home.

“I’m sorry,” I said. “The whole thing wasn’t exactly planned.”

Zeff chuckled. “It’s okay, Ayls,” he assured me. “Seriously, I’m happy if you’re happy. You are happy, right?”

I smiled. “Yeah,” I said earnestly. “I’m happy.”

“Good,” Zeff said genuinely.

“So, I guess that means you no longer hate Theo?” I asked.

“Eh, he saved you from a psycho stalker,” he stated. “So, if the goddess thinks he’s good enough, I guess he’s not so bad.

”

I rolled my eyes as I left the suite. “How is the website going?”

“Actually, that’s part of why I called,” Zeff said. “Other than my best friend not telling me she had been marked and mated, of course.”

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“I’m sorry.” I insisted.

“Great, I know exactly how you can make it

yeah, how

the advice column,”

forgotten about that. I paused

email with three letters we picked out,” he told me. “Take a look at them and see what you think.

I gave in. “I’ll take a

wouldn’t let me

teased. “I’ll talk

“Later, Ayls.

“I

grounds before heading to the utility shed at the back.

greeted. “How long have you been down

a cup of coffee for me. “Not long.” She shrugged. “I got here about fifteen minutes ago. I promised Briggs I wouldn’t put so many extra hours

“There’s already one

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eyes met and

get to work. I have an interview with the admissions office

another table set up to keep the contents separate from what we got from Onyxcrown. I pulled up a chair and set Harry’s notebook down on

“What’s that?” Mina asked.

notebook,” I explained. “I found it in the hideout. I’ve been studying it. I can’t tell if it is all just gibberish nonsense or if it’s encoded.

Mina said, holding out

it. She made a

hard to tell which case it is,” she said. “But we’ll cover it to make sure. What if we ask Alpha

But Harry’s betrayal has been hard

―

right,” Mina agreed. “Well, since I have you on these for a while“. she slipped on a pair of rubber gloves “I’m going

was talking about the chemicals and electronic equipment

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pulled a file folder from her work bag and held it to her nose,

dramatically. “I love the smell of test

and started reviewing the file. It surprisingly didn’t take her long to find something

think we found what Harry used to make Kylee smell like