The Luna’s Choice (Theo and Ayla) by Kat Silver
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Chapter 33: Ayla

I spent the last two evenings going through my dad’s box with Professor Armand. He was veryimpressed and excited about the selection of books. I didn’t show him Harry’s notebook just yet. Therewere some references that I had deciphered that I wasn’t sure about, and I wanted to see if we couldreplace the information by chance.

I met Maggie in the packhouse lobby on Wednesday to head to campus. I was feeling a little anxious,but I didn’t know why. Dasha seemed to be feeling it, too, as she paced in my head. I asked her what

was up.

‘Mate,‘ she whined.

It had only been a few hours since we saw him after training that morning. He was in a great mood, so Ididn’t know what could be stressing her. But to assuage her concern and mine, I reached out to Theothrough the mind–link.

‘I’m heading to class, babe. Everything okay?‘

‘Yeah, all is good here, love. I have to run an errand out of town, but I should be back in a couplehours,‘ he replied. I could feel excitement pulsing through our connection. ‘Have a good day at class.‘

‘It’s a good errand, I’m guessing?” I followed up.

‘It’s a great errand,‘ he said almost giddily. ‘I’ll tell you about it tonight‘

‘Okay, just be careful,‘ I said. ‘Dasha’s a bit anxious this morning. She’s worried about you two.‘

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‘Tell her we’ll be just fine,’ he chuckled. ‘I’ll message you as soon as I‘

m back.‘

‘Okay,‘ I replied with a smile. ‘I love you.’

‘Love you, too, baby.‘

We disconnected the mind–link and I pulled out of the packhouse grounds. I calmed Dasha, letting herknow that everything was fine. She calmed down for a while but stayed near the surface of my mindthroughout the day. I was starting to feel anxious again when Theo messaged that he was home, andeverything went great. But Dasha still didn’t calm down, and I began to get a headache. Luckily, wewere heading to the last class for the day.

“Everything okay?” Maggie asked.

“Yeah, Dasha is in a mood today,” I said. “I’m going to run to the restroom real quick. I’ll meet you backout here.”

“Okay,” she replied.

We weren’t far from Professor Armand’s classroom and were a few minutes early, so I had time. Idipped inside and was grateful that there wasn’t anyone else in there. I turned on the tap and wet apaper towel with some cool water, pressing it to my forehead. The headache wasn’t that bad, but I washaving trouble focusing. Although, that could have been because of Dasha.

‘Mate,‘ she said again.

‘He’s fine, Dasha,‘ I said frustratedly.

I threw the towel in the trash and straightened myself out. I would be home in a couple of hours andwe’d see Theo. She could wait until then. I was leaving the bathroom when I heard a familiar voice just

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outside.

“I’m just trying to look out for you, Maggie,” Amy said sweetly. “She’s not who you think she is. She triesto act all innocent, but if she’s so innocent, where is her sister? I haven’t heard from her in over amonth. Not since she confronted Ayla for stealing Alpha Theo from her.”

“Luna Ayla is Alpha Theo’s fated mate,” Maggie snapped. “Kylee had no right to be with him in the firstplace.”

“So, Ayla says,” Amy insisted.

“So Alpha Theo says,” Maggie hissed.

I don’t know why I was getting so angry. Yes, what Amy was saying was insane, but I had gotten overher crap. No one really cared what she had to say. But I felt my body start to get hot as my rage grew.

“Regardless, fated mates or not, she’s an awful person,” Amy said. “She’s a liar and selfish. She onlywants to be Luna for…”

“Okay, Amy,” I said firmly, stepping out of the bathroom. “I suggest you shut your mouth and move on. Iam not in the mood to deal with your shit today.”

“It’s hard hearing the truth, isn’t it?”

“You have no idea what you’re talking about,” I replied. “You’re just an ignorant little girl who can’t getover the fact that the girl she followed around like a puppy turned out to be a lying brat.”

“That’s some way to talk about your own sister,” she snarled. “Where is Kylee, anyway? How did youmanage to get rid of her? Did you…”

My body flushed with heat. I could feel sweat break out on my forehead as Dasha began panting andpacing in my head. I wanted

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Theo. No. I needed Theo. Dasha needed Kieran. I barely registered the curse that escaped Maggie asshe was suddenly dragging me across the campus.

‘All females and mated males in the western quad,‘ her voice sounded through the mind–link, ‘protectyour Luna. All unmated males clear the area between the quad and parking lot C.‘

I saw groups of males and females start to circle us, staying close. A few would disappear, holdingback males that began to charge us.

“Maggie, what’s going on?” I asked quietly, my stomach tied in knots as my temperature rose.

“You’re going into heat, Luna,” she replied. “Just stay close to me and give me your keys.”

Shit. This wasn’t good.

I had never experienced a heat before. She–wolves didn’t go into heat until they became sexuallyactive. Even then, it wasn’t often until they were marked. But when they went into heat, they had tomate. If they didn’t, it was extremely painful, and the condition would last for days. To ensure a mating,any unmated male would sense a female in heat and could go into a frenzy if they lost control. That’swhy campus security was required to consist of females or mated males. They couldn’t have their ownguards succumb to the mating haze.

We reached my car and Maggie tucked me into the passenger seat. I started to buckle my seatbeltwhen a sharp pain radiated through my abdomen. I cried out as I clutched my stomach. That wasn’tright. My heat just set in. I should have had several hours before the pain should hit. I should have hadmore time to get to my mate.

Maggie looked at me in concern as we pulled out of the parking spot. I was gasping for air as thewaves of pain subsided and renewed. My

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body felt like it was on fire.

“Call Theo,” I gasped.

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