The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 53 Avery's POV The front of his suit lapels brushed against my cleavage, we were that close. | gulped, and my pulse galloped frantically at the side of my neck. What sort of atonement would be good enough? | tried to think back over what Gideon would like, what would please him, but | came up empty. He had thrown away my cake. | had been kidnapped the last time | had tried to plan a nice surprise by picking him strawberries. Couldn't he see | had been trying? | frowned in frustration. "L.." | trailed off as Gideon stared at me expectantly. "Well?

What will you give?" He urged, impatiently. His eyes flickered to my mouth and | thought a whole chain of unsolicited thoughts about what | could give to him. Damn that dream, and the way it kept rising to the top at the most inconvenient moments! For a second my skin flushed imagining the ways | could make it up to him. ---- | fought the urge to fan my heated cheeks. "What... what are you interested in?" | asked, lamely. Gideon's gaze darkened, and his eyes darted down and back up again. The room suddenly felt too still and close. It felt hard to breathe.

my jaw. His thumb stroked over my bottom lip ever so slightly. | remembered our dance, where it had felt for a moment, like magic. Before the poison had taken its effect and his wolf had slammed into control. Had Gideon... been attracted to me? His thumb drew back and | licked my lips nervously. Like a cat, his gaze followed the motion of my tongue, then shot back to meet mine with a

There was a knock at the door