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.

also tell you that Kingston is coming back,” Briggs said cautiously. “He wants to see what’s in

what’s in there?” I

head. “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. I’ll let him tell you about that. It should come from him. But he does believe that whatever may be in our vault is related.

to focus on my father’s research?”

He nodded.

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

is in here somewhere,” Briggs said.

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.

to learn more

sooner,” he said, pulling me out of my moping. “Especially since I did actually

didn’t

door looks

phone and scrolling through.

handed his phone to Armand who

worn,” he said as he grabbed

changes as he felt necessary. When he came to a stopping

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

wasn’t in the box originally,” I said, taking the book of folklore from his hands. “He read it to me as a kid. I just kind of put

it all together.”

book,” Professor Armand said, flipping to a

The first people blessed by the goddess with the ability to shift into wolves. Two families were the leaders of a village that was