The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

Chapter 256

Chapter 256: Theo
Kieran was bouncing around in my mind, itching to be let loose, as we watched them disappear. More than anything, I wanted to go with them. Apparently Dasha did, too. But we couldn’t. Not yet. We had business to finish.
Ayla and I turned our attention to the other pack leaders.
“Alphas, Lunas,” I addressed, “I believe the demonstration can be considered a success. As such, this has provided Ayla and I with a renewed sense of urgency on the matter of the Moonstone. It is our belief that the Moon Goddess requires this from us. We are ready to take a vote.”
“All those in favor of Alpha Theo and Luna Ayla reconstituting the Moonstone…” Kingston announced, raising his hand.
The rest of the pack leaders followed suit, lifting their hands in agreement. Save for Alpha Trent. The rest looked at him sternly.
“Alpha Trent,” Alpha Harden growled softly.
“I’ll agree to this on one condition,” Alpha Trent insisted. “Before you do this, you have to provide all of us with the same ritual that broke the Moonstone in the first place. I think we all deserve a failsafe if you go back on your word.”
“I don’t think we’re going to be needing that,” Kingston replied.
“But we’ll provide it all the same,” Ayla stated. “You all will be able to review it by the ceremony. After that, it will be kept with the Moon Haven Order. Able to be accessed by all packs.”

Alpha Trent sighed. “Fine.” He raised his hand.
“Then it’s settled,” Alpha Harden said judiciously. “I think it’s time we all returned home. We have a lot of preparations to do before the solstice. And we’ll have to inform our packs of the changes that are coming.”
“Of course,” I said. “We will keep everyone up to date on ours as well and all lines of communication will be open for the interpack arrangements.”
“We will leave you two to yourselves,” Luna Victoria said with a smile before taking Alpha Harden’s arm and guiding him away.
The rest followed, except for Kingston.
“Will you be leaving as well?” Ayla asked him.
He gave her a gentle smile. “I have one more visit with our friend Lloyd,” he said, “but yes, it’s time for me to head home. Pierce has held things down long enough. Besides, I have to retrieve the rest of the stone. Can’t do much without that.”
“Yes, indeed,” Ayla laughed, “all of this would be pretty pointless without it.”
“It’s safe, right?” I asked. “Do you think you need extra protection getting it here?”
“It’s in a safe place,” Kingston confirmed. “I should be okay getting it back. After all, we didn’t disclose that I was actually still in possession of it. They believe both pieces are still here. So, you may want to prepare for possible interference. And hey, you need to open that da mn box first. It would be even less conducive if the other half wasn’t even
in there.”
I had almost forgotten about that, but I wasn’t worried. After everything that had happened, I didn’t need to see what was in there to know. Ayla didn’t either.
“We’ll get it taken care of,” I said. I started walking back toward the packhouse, my arm wrapped around Ayla. “Did you manage to get anything out of Lloyd in all your time with him?”
Kingston stiffened a little. “Not what I had hoped,” he replied.
He had seemed very distracted lately. He wasn’t present much outside of the required meetings. He had reportedly been spending a lot of time in the cellar, both questioning Lloyd and researching. Ayla had previously voiced concerns about his behavior. I had assumed some of it had to do with being here away from his pack and around me and Ayla together.
But even I could tell there was something else weighing on him.
“Nothing more on Grogan?” Ayla probed.
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