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.

you that Kingston is coming back,” Briggs said cautiously.

know what’s in there?” I asked eagerly.

but…” 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

want to focus on

He nodded.

thought Theo sent you 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

reason is in here

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 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

chuckled. “That’s true,” I said. “I’m sorry we didn’t think of it.

what this mysterious door looks like? You said there were

said, picking up his phone and scrolling through. “We snapped some pictures while

Armand who proceeded to examine

bit worn,” he said as he

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

shuffled through some of the books and files, muttering to himself until

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

all

he picked that particular book,” Professor Armand said, flipping to a particular story.

the tale of the first group of werewolves. The 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. To save their people, they plead to the moon goddess to save them. The moon goddess