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.

again. “Great, I know exactly how

yeah, how is

up the advice column,” he

completely forgotten about that. I paused in the middle

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 town

I gave in. “I’ll take

wouldn’t let

“I’ll talk to

“Later, Ayls.

“I

looked around the grounds before heading to the utility shed at the back. Mina

“How long

of coffee for me. “Not long.” She shrugged. “I got here about fifteen minutes ago. I

“There’s already one workaholic in

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and we

work. I have an

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. I think it’s in code. I’m hoping to find something that will help

take a look,” Mina

and she flipped through it. She made a few faces

“But we’ll cover it to make sure. What if we ask Alpha Torin? If it’s in code, maybe

I’ll ask him. But Harry’s betrayal has been hard enough on him. I don’t

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on these for a while“. she slipped on a pair of rubber

was talking about the chemicals and electronic

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

she exhaled dramatically. “I love the smell of

reviewing the file. It surprisingly

think we found what Harry used to