The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 62: Briggs

Mina and I made it down to the cellar after she made a couple of phone calls. She believed she had some resources that may help us. It didn’t take us long to realize what the summons was about when we met up with the others. Theo was helping to lower a ladder down to the exposed level below as Alpha Torin and Harmon were gathering lights.

“You coming down?” Theo asked me as he secured the ladder.

“Do you have to ask?” I said with a smirk.

I took a flashlight and followed Theo down. We ended up in a corridor. It wasn’t as tall as the floor above us, but we could at least stand up all the way. We had two options – left or

straight.

“Dad, you and Harmon go left,” Theo instructed. “Briggs and I will go this way.”

As we made our way down the stone hall, the whole situation started to feel familiar.

“This feels like the tunnels under the Onxycrown packhouse,” I

told him.

“Well, let’s hope there aren’t any traps down here then,” Theo -replied.

“They probably would have been triggered when we retrofit the cellar,” I said hopefully.

The place was less of a maze than the Onyxcrown tunnels, but

and crates, but nothing interesting. It was when we came to a locked metal door that we stopped. The door took up the entire wall. Theo

get Dad and Harmon here,” Theo said. “Maybe we can try cutting it

ran a hand over the surface, removing the

these before,” I said, my gut tying in knots. “You grab them. I’ve got to make

back to the ladder. I left the cellar while Theo filled in the others. I dialed Kingston’s number. I had some questions and hoped this time I would

answers.

Briggs,” Kingston answered. “To what

were looking for something. I’m pretty

for a moment. He was weighing his words.

with him wouldn’t benefit us. At the end of

has a deeper connection to Ayla’s

“Jack knew something we didn’t. There’s a reason he put Ayla in Theo’s path. We’re still trying to figure out what that is, but I think we just found something that could prove that theory. If only I knew what that theory

quickly, his interest piqued. “What

and we’ve found another floor below,” I told him. “We came across a door with some of the same symbols I saw in the

you able to

to try cutting through it,”

some time. I’ve got something to take care of here, but I’ll be there sometime tomorrow.”

is going to go, Kingston,” I snapped. “What do you think is

I don’t know,” he insisted. “But if it is related, it could either be really good or really bad.”

again, Kingston,” I said angrily. “Tell me what the hell you took

“The Moonstone.”

I fell silent.