The Luna’s Choice (Theo and Ayla) by Kat Silver novel Chapter 139

Chapter 139: Theo
We drove to the address Harden had given us. It was an expansive country estate settled near the base of the mountains. We pulled through the gate and parked in the front. Randy and Alpha Harden met us out front.
“Ms. Garner,” Harden said, taking her hand, “I’m glad to see you looking so well. I hope you are recovering from your ordeal.”
“I hear I largely have you to thank for that,” Ayla said kindly. “Thank you for everything.”
Harden smiled at her. “My assistance was never in question.” He addressed the rest of us.
“Please, come inside. There is someone you all need to meet.”
We followed him inside and were led to a plush sitting room. There was a male waiting for us, looking over the contents of a folder he held in his broad hands. The man was huge. He was several inches taller than me and somehow broader, which was saying something. I’d never been accused of being average, but this guy made me feel small. Noticing our arrival, he closed the folder and set it on the coffee table.
“Everyone,” Harden began, “this is my brother, Alpha Cooper.”
“And this must be the Greytooth members causing such a stir these days,” Alpha Cooper said, stepping forward to offer me a hand.
I shook it firmly. “Alpha Theo,” I introduced myself. “This is my mate, Luna Ayla.”
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“You, my dear, need no introduction,” Cooper said. “Forgive me if I don’t shake your hand. I’m, unfortunately, unmated. It’s probably best to avoid any complications.”
I instinctively pulled Ayla closer to me. The corner of Cooper’s l*ps 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 k*ssed her forehead. I was just grateful we were together now.
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