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.”

lately, and he had been overly sensitive

am I moving it to?” I replied

she indicated. “I’ll have

“But why? You said you liked how Mom decorated the place and didn’t want to change

up, and I nearly fell to my knees from the strength of her emotions. I reached

believe pups prefer a crib to a bed and

Did she mean…?

are you…?” I stammered.

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 undressed in record time,

perfect mate. I calmed myself from my frenzied state before I gently rocked in and out of her. I kissed along her skin,

around me, demanding my release as she cried my name. I fell onto the mattress, panting as I held her tightly

words can say. You have made me

Theo. And you deserve every ounce of joy I

weaving my fingers through her hair before trailing them down her neck. I paused for a moment to trace her mark before my

you’re sure?”

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

through my hair as my head lay on her abdomen. I inhaled deeply, breathing in her scent in that perfect moment.

was so

of what our pup would look like, whether they would be a boy or girl, and all the things we would do with them were circling through my mind