The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 54: Theo

I stopped by the office to put the plans in the safe before heading back to the apartment. The last thing I wanted was for Ayla to stumble across them. It had been hard keeping the secret from her, but it would be worth it.

“Hey, babe,” I called as I entered the apartment. “I’m home.”

Something felt different. I paused for a moment, trying to gauge the feeling, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t place it as good or bad, just different, which was strange in itself.

“Ayla?”

She wasn’t in the kitchen or the living room. I could sense her close by, and she said she was home when I messaged her a little while ago. It was later than I had expected, so I figured she may have gone to bed already. However, she would usually wait up for me. She hadn’t been thrilled when I told her I would be out late again that evening. Was she mad at me?

I went to the bedroom, but she wasn’t there, either. I heard a thump and a muf fled curse. My brow furrowed. I looked down the hall and saw the door to one of the spare rooms ajar. I opened it to find chaos. There were boxes sca ttered around the floor. Everything had been removed from the surfaces of the furniture and packed away. Every frame was taken down from the walls and tucked into the boxes. The sheets had been stripped from the bed, and Ayla was

currently trying to move one of the nightstands.

“What in the world are you doing?” I asked amusedly.

She jumped slightly. She must have really been focused and hadn’t noticed me come in.

“Oh, good, Theo,” she said, waving me over. “Come help me move this.”

swings lately, and he had been overly sensitive to them. Tonight, I could definitely tell

am I moving it to?” I replied

“I’ll have some pack members

slowly. “But why? You said you liked how Mom decorated the place and didn’t

I nearly fell to my knees from the strength of her emotions. I reached out and held her face, holding her gaze as she worked to tell me whatever it was she needed

began, “I believe pups prefer a crib to

Did she mean…?

I stammered. “Are we

My lips slammed into hers. Joyous laughter bubbled up as I tasted her. I lifted her off the ground, wrapping her legs around my waist as I carried her to our bedroom. She tugged at my clothes, her arousal filling my senses as we fell onto the blankets. We were

the hilt, as I gazed down at my perfect mate. I calmed myself from my frenzied state before I gently rocked in and out of her. I kissed along her skin, savoring the feel of it against mine.

my name. I fell onto the mattress, panting as I held her

Ayla,” I said. “I love you more than words can say. You have made

chest. “I love you, too, Theo. And you deserve every ounce of joy I can give

my knuckles along her cheek, weaving my fingers through her hair before trailing them down her neck. I paused for a moment to trace her mark before my hand made its way to rest on her

you’re sure?”

“After five pregnancy tests, yeah,” she said. “I’

hair as my head lay on her abdomen. I inhaled deeply, breathing in

was so

be a boy or girl, and all the things we would do with them were circling through my mind when