The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 67: Ayla

I watched Kingston pace the floor as I nursed my ginger ale, trying to settle my stomach.

“Kingston, calm down,” I urged him. “It’s not like that and you know it. No one is going to take your pack from you.”

Kingston scoffed. “Like I would ever let that happen,” he spat. “But I wouldn’t put it passed him to try.”

“That’s not fair, Kingston,” I argued.

“Is it?” he replied sharply. “He sure had not trouble taking you from me.” As soon as the words left his mouth his expression changed. “I’m sorry. That was unfair. And uncalled for.”

“Yeah,” I said, crossing my arms. “It was.”

Kingston sighed and dropped into a chair across from me. “I’ m sorry. It’s not every day you find out your biggest rival is also the rightful Alpha to your pack.”

“He doesn’t want your pack, Kingston,” I assured him. “We’re happy right here with our own. In fact, it would be better for everyone if we kept this a secret. With the Waar Pa k believing that I am going to take down the Alphas somehow and make myself some kind of queen, anything that would suggest the Greytooths are gaining more territory could be… Well, it could be really bad.”

With another heavy sigh, Kingston rubbed his face, leaning his head back against the chair. “I know that,” he said. “You know I wouldn’t do anything to put you in that kind of

danger.”

I raised an eyebrow. “Do I?”

Kingston winced, knowing exactly what I meant. “Yeah, I

guess you wouldn’t,” he conceded with a sigh. “Ayla, I’m truly sorry about that. I… With the state of mind I was in, I

you would be fine. That Theo or I would get to you in

my stomach turning as a wave of nausea hit me. I breathed out slowly, trying to control my gag reflex. “Everything worked out

me. “Ayla, are you okay?

I

didn’t want to tell anyone else yet. I was enough

to my side,

you’re going to be sick. Come

his arm. “No, no, I’m fine,” I insisted. “I

lately. As I’m

tipped my chin up to look at him and a

the toilet, throwing up everything that was possibly in my stomach. I couldn’t imagine there was much left. The past two

Theo’s voice came through the mind-link. He had been feeling my symptoms more when we were apart. ‘I

week,’ I said. ‘It was the earliest they could

it’s

don’t like using my status to get

is different,’ Theo insisted. ‘I’m calling

threw up again, and I

as he knocked. “Are you okay? What the

fine, Kingston,” I replied.

that I got it out, but I knew it wouldn’t last.

up, my stomach was uneasy again. Kingston was still at the door. I took some deep breaths to gather myself before

I get that Theo won’t suggest it, but I really think you should consider going away for a little

my tracks and looked at him. “Absolutely hot. Not with everything going

this stress is making you sick. You can’t keep going like this, Ayla. I think you should go with Alpha Harden

I blurted out in frustration. I hid a grimace, hoping I hadn’t said