The Luna’s Choice (Theo and Ayla) by Kat Silver novel Chapter 120

Chapter 120: Ayla 

I was numb as I stared out the window, watching rain trail down the glass. We were out of Greytooth territory now. I could feel it. 

“I’m sorry, Ayla,” Alpha Harden said again. “Truly, I am, but this is the only way to keep you safe.” 

I didn’t say anything. I hadn’t said anything since we left the city. 

“He wanted to come with you, you know.” Alpha Harden said. “He didn’t even hesitate. He would have given it all up.” 

“What stopped him?” I said hoarsely. 

“Reality,” he replied. “There’s no way the Waar Pak won’t know he’s your true mate now that you made your relationship public. If you both disappeared, they’d have an array of people to go through to find you both. They’d go after the pack, his family, even his allies.” 

I closed my eyes. I’d never want that to happen. I tried to focus on the coolness of the window against my face. Thunder rumbled outside as the rain became heavier. The storm was getting worse. I knew how that felt. 

“Alpha, we’ve got flood warnings coming up.” Gamma Blake said. “We’re heading right into this storm, and it’s going to hit hard. I think we should find somewhere to wait it out.” 

I felt Alpha Harden’s eyes on me, 

“There’s a motel up the road,” he replied. “We’ll stop there. Let Ms. Garner get some sleep.” 

Chapter 120: Ayla 

I was numb as I stared out the window, watching rain trail down the glass. We were out of Greytooth territory now. I could feel it. 

“I’m sorry, Ayla,” Alpha Harden said again. “Truly, I am, but this is the only way to keep you safe.” 

I didn’t say anything. I hadn’t said anything since we left the city. 

“He wanted to come with you, you know,” Alpha Harden said. “He didn’t even hesitate. He would have given it all up. 

“What stopped him?” I said hoarsely. 

“Reality,” he replied. “There’s no way the Waar Pak won’t know he’s your true mate now that you made your relationship public. If you both disappeared, they’d have an array of people to go through to find you both. They’d go after the pack, his family, even his allies.” 

I closed my eyes. I’d never want that to happen. I tried to focus on the coolness of the window against my face. Thunder rumbled outside as the rain became heavier. The storm was getting worse. I knew how that felt. 

“Alpha, we’ve got flood warnings coming up,” Gamma Blake said. “We’re heading right into this storm, and it’s going to hit hard. I think we should find somewhere to wait it out.” 

I felt Alpha Harden’s eyes on me. 

“There’s a motel up the road,” he replied. “We’ll stop there. Let Ms. Garner get some sleep.” 

I didn’t want to sleep. The last time I slept, everyone I loved decided to ship me off to goddess knows where. 

I knew they were trying to protect me, and I appreciated that. But I was sick of it. I spent ten years protecting myself and my mother and sister from loan sharks, bookies, homelessness, and starvation. I should have had the choice. 

So I wouldn’t let them take it from me. 

We pulled into the parking lot of a motel as I started to formulate a plan. Gamma Blake got out and ran into the front office to rent a room for us. He drove us to a room at the end. Alpha Harden covered me from the heavy wind and rain as we ran from the car. 

It wasn’t anything special, but that was fine. We didn’t need anything fancy. It was just someplace to take shelter. I sat on the edge of one of the beds and tried to think of my next move. Alpha Harden said it was a two–day drive to the safe house they had arranged. I wasn’t going to let them get that far. 

“We’ll give it a few hours for the storm to pass,” Alpha Harden said. “But we’ll need to drive straight through once we get back on the road. So you should rest while you can get comfortable.” 

“How do you command someone?” I asked without looking at him. 

“Theo said you were coming into your abilities,” Alpha Harden replied. “You’ll need to be careful with that.” 

“Then show me how,” I said. “Theo gave me an idea on how to use it, but I have to concentrate too hard. That didn’t really help when I needed it.” 

Alpha Harden sat on the opposite bed, leaning back against the headboard casually. 

“Do I have to be looking at someone for it to completely work?” I asked. “I wasn’t looking at my attacker. It slowed him down, but obviously not enough.” 

“It just wasn’t strong enough,” he said. “That’s fine for some things. You need to know how much strength to put behind the command. And no, you don’t have to be looking at them. You only need the intent to direct it toward them.‘ 

” 

“But you do have to speak the command?” I inquired. 

“Yes, or send it through a mind–link,” he clarified. “But that may take you a little bit to figure out. It’s hard to send that energy through that connection.” 

“It doesn’t seem like I won’t have anyone to mind–link with anymore anyway,” I said under my breath. 

I slid farther up onto the bed. Gamma Blake sat in the chair on his phone. 

“Why you?” I asked. “Is Randy working for you?”