The Luna’s Choice (Theo and Ayla) by Kat Silver
Chapter 166

Chapter 166

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Chapter 14: Theo

“What’s going on, Briggs?” I asked as I got to my office.

“We had another attack at the border,” he told me.

My stomach fell. “Where?”

“Bonnerville,” he said.

“Rogues again?”

He nodded.

“How bad? Were there any casualties?” I asked apprehensively.

“One dead. Five in critical condition.”

“Do we have any information about the attack that could tell us why it happened?”

“They have a couple rogues in custody, but they’re not talking. They need someone with more authoritythan they have down there. We have to go down, Theo,” he said. “They can’t handle this on their own.”

“Your mating ceremony is in three days, Briggs. You’re not going anywhere.” I sighed. “But you’re right.I’ll go,” I greed.

“You’ll have to take Jimmy,” Briggs said, running a hand through his hair

“Maggie’s not ready to take over Ayla’s security detail just yet,” I said. “So I need him with her at thecampus.”

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I ran my hands over my face. This was the third rogue attack along our border in two weeks. It wasunheard of. We hadn’t had a rogue attack in decades. I had sent a few teams of warriors down tobolster the patrols, but it obviously hadn’t deterred them. Something was going on and I needed to godown there to get to the bottom of it.

But I didn’t want to leave Ayla.

“You can’t go down there alone, man,” Briggs said.

“I’ll take William,” I said. “He’s been wanting to get out of the city for a while now anyway.”

“Didn’t they just have their fourth kid?” Briggs asked.

“Fourth and fifth,” I corrected. “It was another set of twins.”

“Damn,” he said, shaking his head with a grin. “You think he’s the best option? He’s been out of thegame for a while.”

“He’s my only option right now,” I said.

“You could bring your dad,” he said.

“No, he’s still not up for that.”

“Alright,” he conceded. “Do you want me to reach out to him?”

“No, I will,” I told him. “I’ll need you to keep an eye on things here.”

“You okay, Theo?”

“No,” I said honestly. “I lost a pack member, Briggs. I have rogues coming into my territory and no ideawhy. And now I have to leave Ayla. It’s hard enough with us being marked less than two weeks, butwith her still in danger…”

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“We won’t let anything happen to her, bro,” Briggs said. “And you need to be at the ceremony as muchas I do this weekend. So you’ll only be gone a couple days. Just get down there and figure out whathappened and get back.”

Briggs left my office to go take care of my travel arrangements. I picked up my phone and dialedWilliam’s number.

“You better be calling to tell me what the hell has been happening in that packhouse,” his voice cameover the phone.

“If you came to visit more often, you would already know,” I chided.

Willam was my second cousin and a good guy. He was a couple of years older than me, but we spent alot of time together growing up. For years, I was torn between having him or Briggs as my Beta. But hemet his mate two days after his eighteenth birthday, and they quickly started a family. So, when it cametime to make an official decision, he had no hard feelings when I chose Briggs.

But he would always be a ranking member. And with his Alpha blood, he could help with anyquestioning we had to do.

“Just wait until you have five kids to wrangle,” he told me.

“I’d have to talk my mate into giving me that many first,” I joked. “How are Beth and the kids doing?”

“The kids are great,” he said. “Loud and healthy. But speaking of your mate, Beth is pissed she hasn’tmet her yet.”

“I can remedy that,” I said. “But, unfortunately, that’s not why I called.”

“What’s up, cuz?”

“I need your help. We’ve had some attacks along our southern border.

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Rogues,” I told him. “I need to go down to Bonnerville for a couple of days. Things are a bit crazy here.I can’t take Briggs or Jimmy with me.”

“When do you want to leave?” Will said.

I breathed an internal sigh of relief.

“I need a few hours,” I said. “I need to get everything situated here and figure out a way to break thenews to Ayla.”

“You don’t think she’ll take it well?” he asked curiously.

“She’ll likely take it better than Beth,” I teased.

“She’s got both sets of grandparents, plus her sister, close by,” Will stated confidently. “Honestly, shemay thank you for getting me out of her hair for a while.”

I chuckled. “You guys were planning on coming to Briggs‘ mating ceremony already. So she couldalways bring them here. I’m sure my mother would have a field day with them.”

“She may just do that,” he replied. “But let me let you go. I’ll have to get work situated before I can goget packed up. Just let me know when you want me to meet you.”

“Will do,” I said. “And thanks, Will.”

“You got it, Alpha.”

We hung up, and I sent Ayla a message to come home right after she got out of class. I knew shewould understand and be supportive, but I still hated it. I had just had a conversation with her thatmorning about making time for each other. Now I had to go out of town for a few days.

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It didn’t help that something in my gut was telling me these attacks had something to do with the WaarPak.

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