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.

know exactly how

yeah, how

the advice

had completely forgotten about that.

out,” he told me. “Take a look at them and see what you think. I’ll be back in town tomorrow afternoon, and we can celebrate

gave in. “I’ll

knew you wouldn’t let

“I’ll talk to

“Later, Ayls.

“I

heading to the utility shed at the back. Mina was already down there working

“How long

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

hear that,” I said. “There’s already one workaholic in this family. We

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met and we

work. I have an interview with

had Briggs bring my dad’s box down the day before while everyone was preoccupied with our arrival. We had another table set up to keep the contents separate from what we got from Onyxcrown. I pulled up a

“What’s that?” Mina asked.

Harry’s 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

me take a look,” Mina said,

handed her the book and she flipped through it. She made a few

is,” she said. “But we’ll cover it to

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

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these for a while“. she slipped on

the chemicals and

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

the smell of

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

think we found what Harry