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.

back,” Briggs said cautiously. “He wants to see what’s in the vault downstairs.”

know what’s in there?” I

He paused for a moment. “He went looking for something in the Onyxcrown tunnels when we came to rescue you. Something dangerous. I’ll let him tell you

you want to focus

He nodded.

to distract me,” 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 thinking. He always admired Alpha Torin. He must have seen something of him in Theo. But some of these letters

hopefully, that reason is in here

take long before he was completely immersed in

nice as it was to learn more about my family,

out of my moping. “Especially since I did actually write the book on ancient pack architecture. This cellar sounds like it’s

I said. “I’m sorry we didn’t think of

said with a grin. “Do you have any pictures of what this mysterious door looks like?

and scrolling through. “We snapped some pictures while we

to Armand

said as he grabbed a

necessary. When he came to a stopping point he looked over

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

folklore from his hands. “He read it to me as a kid. I just kind of put

it all together.”

a reason he picked that particular book,” Professor Armand

first people blessed by the goddess with the ability to shift into wolves. Two families were the leaders of a village that was plagued by attacks from neighboring forces.