The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 28: Theo

“Oh, dear goddess,” Harmon muttered under his breath. I followed his gaze and realized he noticed the same thing I had. “What are the Neales doing here?”

“I have a feeling it’s to ambush you,” I replied.

“Ayla, my lovely,” my mother said as she pushed through the crowd. “Please forgive me, but I need to steal you away from Theo for a moment. Some friends are dying to meet you.”

‘Julia is coming this way,‘ I linked Ayla. ‘Don’t you dare leave me alone with that woman.‘

Before either of us could protest, Mom had Ayla’s arm, pulling her across the room. I stifled a frustrated huff.

“Harmon, my good man,” Malcolm’s voice approached. “It’s good to finally see you again.”

“Mr. Neale, Ms. Neale,” Harmon greeted through gritted teeth. “I wasn’t expecting to see you here this evening. I didn’t think you were particularly close with Beta Briggs.”

“What better time to remedy that?” Malcolm said coolly. “But since you’re here, I have some questions about the Arrowclaw contract.”

“With all due respect, Malcolm,” I interrupted, “this is a

celebration. None of our guests are here to do business tonight. Neither should you be.”

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“Oh, come now, Alpha,” Julia said, stepping in close to me. “This will only take a few minutes. But if all this work talk isn’t to your liking, why don’t you take me to the bar and get me a drink? Malcolm and Harmon can handle this.”

“I don’t thi…”

a warning tone, “then

the reason our orders had been decreasing was because we were trying to get out of our contract with the company. His uncle was well- established in the industry and could make business difficult if we broke the agreement on bad terms. Our green practices gave us a

me calm as he began guiding Malcolm away from me. “Why don’t you go rejoin our beautiful

looping her arm in mine and pushing me toward the bar. “First, you can get me that

clarified, removing her

any fun now that you have a

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having ‘fun‘ with you before? And I can guarantee you, I would

think your mate is someone

between us – “as lovely as it has been having you, I think it’s time you and your brother left. You do have a long trip home, after

Julia back a few steps, but she was pressed against my chest. Holding me in

as he approached with the rest

please have security escort Mr. and Ms.

uncle will let you

and snarls echoed loudly as everyone in earshot turned on her. The room got quiet as hands. gripped my shoulders to keep me from flying at Julia.

us. It was an accident. Just the result of a

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song.

didn’t learn your lesson about respecting me the first time we met,” she hissed. She had a fake smile and was using her body to hide the hand gripping Julia’s arm firmly. “But if you think I would let you ruin my cousin’s mating ceremony, you’re even dumber than I thought. Now, I suggest you dig really deep for whatever sense you have buried in that bleached–out brain of yours and leave

from my uncle about this,” Julia