The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 22: Theo

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Chapter 22: Theo

I grabbed Will and we ate quickly on our way to the sheriff’s office. We went straight to the cells where McCabe was waiting for us. The first rogue we had questioned all night was still tied to the chair, slumped over limply. We had kept him thoroughly sedated after I broke him. It was a mercy at this point. But we still had the other two.

The sheriff was waiting outside one of the rooms.

“We put them together for a few hours after you left this morning,” McCabe said as we approached. “This one seemed to be keeping the other in line.”

“Are you thinking he may know more than the other?” Will asked.

“I think it’s worth starting with him,” McCabe replied.

“Alright,” I agreed. “Let’s get started.”

As McCabe opened the door, I braced myself against the sour smell of rogue that wafted out. The male’s head shot up, and he tensed up as we walked in. I could see he hadn’t slept since he had been here. I wasn’t sure how long it had been since he had bathed. Either way, the room was unpleasant. But his eyes held an intelligence that led me to agree with McCabe’s assessment.

I sat in the chair in front of him, and we took each other in for a few

moments.

“What’s your name?” I finally asked.

He didn’t respond.

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“You know how this is going to go,” I stated. “The more you fight, the harder this will be.”

Still no response.

“Tell me why you attacked our pack,” I commanded.

His jaw tightened, and his body tensed as he fought the command, but it didn’t seem too difficult for him to handle. He was stronger than the last one. I needed a different approach, or this would end up taking all day. And I really didn’t want that.

“Sheriff, were you able to figure out exactly where the rogues came from?” I asked.

“We believe so,” McCabe replied. “We followed their trail all the way to our border and then a mile past our lands. We’ve also got a human contact who is sending us information on rogue activity in the buffer zone. He mentioned something about tent cities popping up over the past month. It supports the movements we’ve been tracking as well.”

“So they are organizing,” I said.

The rogue scoffed.

“It appears that way,” McCabe said. “For the past twenty years, they’ve rarely seen more than two or three together at a time. And even then, they never stick together long. Now, they are grouping more and more.”

Rogues had a general aversion to each other. The nature of their existence made it nearly impossible to trust one another, so relations were often tense at the best of times. They would occasionally group together in certain areas or at certain times of the year for safety or extra resources. But would go their separate ways before things got aggressive.

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has to be behind

command toward the male in front

think it’s

if rogues were congregating so close to our borders for so long,”

my command affect him, but not before a smug look crossed his

to have brought so many rogues to this location. I’m guessing most of

he

you come from?” I commanded

border…” he grunted out with his effort to stop

did you start focusing on Sablemane?” I commanded as I stood, leaning

“Thr… three months ago.”

growled,

ounce

you looking for the Blessed

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a command toward the

you think it’s sudden?” he blurted

would know if rogues were congregating so close to

realized he had let my command affect him,

our border,” I said. The rogue’s eyes started darting between us. “Something had to have brought so many rogues to this location. I’m guessing

he

THE

come

號

he grunted out with his effort

himself.

I stood,

Kiearan growled, rushing

There would be only one way to know for sure. I pushed every ounce of power and authority I had forward. I even felt Will and

for

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fell open but nothing

His entire body

so hard that his veins began to bulge

as his

shake and

fighting the

He couldn’t answer.

put him under the same command Randy had been.

and pull back the