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…”

get the clarifications now,” Malcolm said with a warning tone, “then wait

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 time. But if Malcolm started making waves, we would be stuck in the deal for another

this,” Harmon jumped in, trying to keep me calm as he began

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

mentioned,” I clarified, removing

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

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

face. “You know, I did a little digging recently.” She 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 for her

lovely as it has been having you, I

was pressed against my chest. Holding

as he

Ms. Neale out of

you think my uncle will let you get away with insulting me over

Growls 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.

was an accident. Just the result of a spirited conversation. Please, go back to

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to an upbeat song. When most

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

hearing from my uncle about