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

yeah, how is

advice column,”

about that. I paused in

letters we picked 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

in. “I’ll take a

wouldn’t let me down,” he

“I’ll talk

“Later, Ayls.

“I

heading to the utility shed at the

morning,” I greeted. “How long have you

up 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 in for

already one workaholic in

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eyes met and we both

to work. I have an interview with the admissions

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.

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

look,” Mina said, holding

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

she said. “But we’ll cover it to make sure.

But Harry’s betrayal has

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you on these for a while“. she slipped on a pair of rubber gloves “I’m going to play with

chemicals and electronic

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with us. She pulled a file folder from her work bag and held it to her nose, inhaling

love the smell of test results in the

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

“I think we found what Harry used to make