The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 63: Ayla

Mina and I were leaving the cellar when we ran into Briggs.

“Luna, I need a favor,” he said, “and possibly your help.”

“What’s up?”

“We need to get to the bottom of your father’s research,” he said. “There has to be something in there that can tell us more about what is going on. The others have this handled.”

I nodded. “Okay,” I said. “Let’s go.”

“I have an errand to run,” Mina said. “I want to stop by the lạb and check in on a couple projects.

Mine gave me a hug and Briggs a kiss before heading in the direction of her car. Briggs and I returned to my suite and hauled the trunk out of my bedroom. We pulled everything out and organized it through the living room.

“These are the books that I’ve already been through,” I said. “They’re all about my family or Onyxcrown history of the past two hundred years or so. But I didn’t find anything that appeared to connect with the Greytooth Pack.”

“We may need to go back farther,” he replied, picking up one of the file folders. “Let’s just dig in and see what we find.”

“Maybe we should call Professor Armand over?”

Briggs nodded. “I wouldn’t say no to the extra eyes.”

I sent the professor a message and he said he would be over in a few hours. I got each of us a drink and some snacks and settled in for a long session.

should also tell you that Kingston is coming back,” Briggs said cautiously. “He wants

what’s in there?” I asked

“He says no but…” He paused for a moment. “He went looking for something in the Onyxcrown tunnels when we came to rescue you. Something dangerous.

you want to focus on my

He nodded.

I replied wryly. “But I think you may be right. I’ve been wondering why my father was so sure Theo and I were mates. At first, I just thought it was hopeful

that reason is in here somewhere,” Briggs

hours pouring over everything. Professor Armand joined us in the afternoon. He was so excited about some of the texts that it didn’t take long before he was completely immersed in the work. As enthusiastic as he was, I was

was to learn more about

out of my moping. “Especially since I did actually

said. “I’m sorry we didn’t think of it. I won’t let it

he said with a grin. “Do you have any pictures of what this mysterious door looks like? You said there were some symbols on it, perhaps I can decipher them.”

and scrolling through. “We snapped some pictures while we were

handed his phone to Armand who proceeded to

worn,” he said as he grabbed

to write the symbols out, making changes as he felt necessary. When he came to a stopping point he

on…” he said curiously. He shuffled through some of the books and files, muttering to himself until he found what he was looking for. “I

hands. “He read it to

it all together.”

may be a reason he picked that particular book,” Professor Armand said, flipping to a particular

that was plagued by attacks