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.”

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of 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 legitimate reason to decrease our business with them. Eventually making us not worth his

as he

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

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a mate,”

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asked. “Seeing as I’ve never shown any interest in having ‘fun‘ with you before? And I can guarantee you, I would always have infinitely more fun with my

digging recently.” She stepped closer. “You may think your mate is someone special, but she’s nothing more than

between us – “as lovely as it has been having you, I think it’s time you and your

but she was pressed against my chest. Holding me in place so I didn’t rip

Jimmy asked as he approached with the rest

security escort Mr. and Ms. Neale out of the party,”

appalled. “If you think my uncle will let you get away with insulting me over this

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

everyone,” she addressed the crowd with a smile, “don’t mind us. It was an accident. Just the result of

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an upbeat song. When most of the room’s attention was off us, Ayla stepped close

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

from my uncle