The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 46: Theo

I went to the apartment after getting back to the packhouse to check on Ayla. Maggie had sent me a text that she had been a bit off throughout the day. She said it didn’t seem like anything serious, just that she wasn’t in the best of moods. I understood what she was talking about as soon as I got close to the suite. I could feel her anxiety through our connection.

I walked in to see her sitting at the dining table, chewing on a fingernail as she hunched over books and papers strewn across the surface. I rested my hands on her shoulders, kneading the tense muscles with my thumbs.

“What’s wrong, baby?” I asked as I kissed the top of her head.

She sighed. “I think I need to quit school.”

“What?” Now I was worried. I pulled the chair out beside and sat down, turning her to look at me. “Why would you think that, Ayla? You were so excited to go to college.”

“I don’t want to give it up entirely,” she said but there was still a sadness in her tone. “Just for this semester or this school year. I just feel like I can’t keep up. There’s so much going on. I’ve had to miss so much and we’re not even a month in.”

“Then we take some other things off your plate,” I said.

“Like what?” she asked sardonically. “Your mother is still doing a lot of the Luna duties, plus planning our solstice ceremony. I haven’t been working with her nearly as much as we had planned. I’d like to do more for Zeff and the magazine. I’m still having to translate Harry’s

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journal and figure out Dad’s books and research. Plus the Waar Pak investigation. Now the rogue attacks.”

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tossed it aside — “you can take a break from that. We have plenty of other things to focus on. Besides,

what he was doing could help us

much stress,” I interrupted. “We can handle the investigation and the Waar Pak and the border attacks without you for a while, okay? I’ll keep you updated on everything,

do on

I said. “I have a whole pack behind me. Just like you do. We

who’s under

far, it seems like once it’s broken, we can take it from there,” I stated. She still looked like she was on the verge of tears. “Babe, it’s okay. I swear, it’s perfectly fine for you to focus on school for a while.”

she said. “I want to help. I want to be a good Luna and take care of

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want that more than you want to go to

a minute before shaking her head.

staying

get it,” she huffed, turning away and

her hands.

her back as I held

me, babe,” I said. “I want to understand.”

into me. “I just feel overwhelmed, and I don’t know

course you’re feeling overwhelmed, Ayla,” I said. “You’ve taken on so

car while writing a book. I’ve handled a lot before. I don’t know why I can’t do this.”

starving pushed you. There was no other option for you, Ayla. That was our failing back then. Now, you know there are options. You don’t have to go non–stop.

feel like I’m failing,” she