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 up to

how

advice column,”

winced. I had completely forgotten about that. I paused in the middle of the

an email with three letters we picked out,” he told me. “Take a look at them and see what you think. I’ll be back in

in. “I’ll take a

let me down,” he

yeah,” I teased. “I’ll talk

“Later, Ayls.

“I

the grounds before heading to the utility shed at the back. Mina was already down there working when I

long have

here about fifteen minutes ago. I promised Briggs I wouldn’t put so many extra hours in for a while.”

that,” I said. “There’s already

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eyes met and we both

work. I have an interview with the admissions office

arrival. We had another table set up to keep the contents separate from what we got from Onyxcrown. I pulled up a chair and set

“What’s that?” Mina asked.

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. I think it’s in code. I’m hoping to find

me take a look,” Mina

flipped through it. She made a few faces before

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

interrupted. “If I absolutely have to, I’ll ask him. But Harry’s betrayal has been hard enough on him. I don’t

―

she slipped on a pair of rubber gloves “I’m going to play with the fun

about the chemicals

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folder from her work bag and held it to

love the

to the other work table and started reviewing the file. It surprisingly didn’t take her

we found what Harry used to make Kylee smell like