The Luna’s Choice by Kat Silver

I’m, unfortunately, unmated. It’s probably best to avoid any complications.”

I instinctively pulled Ayla closer to me. The corner of Cooper’s lips twitched up at my

reaction.

“Please, everyone, come sit down.” He motioned us towards the couches. “I’m sure you’re

eager to get more information about the situation.”

“At this point, that’s a bit of an understatement,” Ayla said. “For starters, why would

shaking my hand cause complications?”

We all settled into our seats. I couldn’t help the desire to keep Ayla so close she was

practically in my lap.

Harden answered. “Ms. Garner, we know the stories about the Blessed One are new to

you. We hope to provide you with more information, but we want to set some

expectations. Much of what we know was gathered from the Waar P*k Society. Anything

else comes from other obscure sources. Ultimately, everything is just theory at this point.

“Okay,” Ayla replied skeptically. “I guess I’ll let you decide where to start.”

“I suppose we should start by explaining why we know so much,” Alpha Cooper stated. “As

Randy and my brother have mentioned, I am the head of a covert group of agents that

focus on the Waar P*k Society.”

“The Onyxcrown Pack was a close ally of ours and friends,” Harden said. “I knew your

father very well, Ms. Garner. It was personal and political for us. We also couldn’t assume

they wouldn’t come after other packs. Finding the members was a slow process. As I’m

sure you

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can imagine, a cross-pack secret society doesn’t really advertise its organization.”

“Regardless, we did manage to make strides, mostly over the past ten to fifteen years,”

Cooper said. “We started to infiltrate their ranks to find out what the society is actually

about.”

“That’s how we found out about the Blessed One,” Randy spoke. “They have other

objectives, but that one seemed to hold a specific importance to their practices. So I was

tasked with focusing on that.”

“Right, a bedtime story that supposedly inspired mass murder,” Ayla said. “I understand

the secret groups. Alpha Harden said something about the Dominis family making

themselves kings. Okay, sure, I get why that would make people nervous and some

delusional as***le took it too far. But that doesn’t explain what it has to do with me.

Someone believes that I’m the Blessed One and I don’t know if that’s why all these things

are happening to me or if it’s the other way around. That’s what I want to understand. I

keep hearing all the words and details that make no sense and mean nothing to me.

That’s what I want to know about right now.”

“Like how you could have more than one mate?” Randy said, eyeing me for a second.

Ayla shook her head. “I have one mate, Randy.” She sighed. “But yes, why would others

believe they could also be?”

“The Blessed One is supposed to be the moon goddess reincarnated on Earth,” Cooper

explained. “The living embodiment of a true Luna. Any Alpha would be drawn to that kind

of power. So, some versions of the story state that she would be the mate of all Alphas.

After all, Alphas are Alphas by the grace of the goddess. I have to say, sitting in the room

with you now, the theory is quite compelling.”

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“Then why do I keep hearing about her true mate?” I asked, trying not to show the jealous

rage simmering under the surface at the thought of anyone else trying to claim Ayla.

“Because they all mention one true mate,” Randy stated. “There was one Alpha who was

destined to be the one who ruled with her. If she bonded with any other Alpha, it would be

an inferior bond, marked or not. The bond with her true mate would break the prior

immediately. That’s why I initially assumed you were her true mate.”

“Assumed?” I gritted out.

“We first saw Ms. Garner with Alpha Kingston,” Harden said. “We assumed she bonded

with him first, then met you.”

“Then I found out you rejected her,” Randy interjected. “Something that should have been

impossible. I started to question that assumption.”

Ayla squeezed my leg in assurance, trying to calm the turmoil within me. Kieran was

growling in protest, telling me he was wrong. Ayla and Dasha belonged with us.

“Don’t worry, Alpha,” Randy insisted steadily. “Harry pretty much confirmed that you are

Ayla’s true mate. We’ve been able to piece enough information together to support his

belief. It also explains the lengths he went through to get you to mark someone else. He

knew his own mark on Ayla wouldn’t be enough. I think he was hoping if you marked

someone else, you wouldn’t recognize her.”

“Even though there was no guarantee we would ever meet,” I said solemnly. “His attempts

to keep us apart is what brought us together.”

“The Alpha ceremony,” Ayla said, looking at me. “If you hadn’t been with Kylee, I still

would have been at the Alpha ceremony. We would have met then. He said he tried to get

you with other she-wolves, but it

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didn’t work. Kylee was the only one that his pheromone stuff worked on. He didn’t care

who it was as long as it was too late by the time we met.”

I looked at her for a few moments. My chest tightened as I realized just how messed up

our meeting was. I imagined how amazing it would have been to meet her the night I

became Alpha. I kissed her forehead. I was just grateful we were together now.

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