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…”

Malcolm said with a warning tone, “then wait for

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 time. But if Malcolm started making waves, we would be stuck in the deal for another five years, and his uncle could put

he began guiding Malcolm away

and pushing me toward the bar. “First, you can

I clarified, removing

really aren’t any fun now that you have a mate,” she pouted, grabbing a glass of champagne

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is that?” I asked. “Seeing as I’ve never shown any interest in having ‘fun‘ with you before? And I can guarantee you, I would

stepped closer. “You may think your mate is someone special, but she’s nothing more than a low–bred country bumpkin with nothing to show

“as lovely as it has been having you, I think it’s

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

asked as he

security escort Mr. and Ms. Neale

appalled. “If you think my uncle will let you get away with

The room got quiet as hands. gripped my shoulders to keep me from flying at Julia. Ayla

It was an accident. Just the result

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an upbeat song. When most of the room’s attention was

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

from my uncle about