The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 56 Avery's POV | arrived in the garden, coffee in hand, before the sun was up. had slept fitfully. My mind couldn't stop thinking about what could have happened if | hadn't been able to help Gideon and his wolf. If he had gone berserk, there's a very good chance | would have been his first victim. | remembered the way Gideon's eyes had flashed, the involuntary shifting that had taken him over so quickly. | didn't know if my wolf could always hear me, or feel my emotions, but | sent her the most loving thought I could.

We might never have shifted, but even | could feel the horror of knowing at any time you might lose your free will and be forced to harm those you cared about the most. | wasn't sure, but | thought | felt a faint echo come back from my wolf, reflecting back my expression of love. The first thing | did was go to the herb garden | had planted and inspect the peppermint plants. The plants were bruised and broken from where Gideon's wolf ---- had stuck his head into them. | leaned closer to inspect the leaves.

it had somehow helped to absorb the toxins from the wolf's lungs. That was good to know, but | needed to pull these plants out before they could infect the soil. | found a

eyes was purple and swollen, the eyelid bruised and shut. "It's nothing, Luna." she waved one hand. "Bullshit." | swore, "Tell me what happened." "| said-" ---- "You are already here for lying to me once." I cut her off with a raised hand, "Do you really want to do it again?" Madelyn lapsed into silence at my point "| won't lie to you, Luna." she said, "So | hope you will accept that | cannot tell you what happened. Only believe me that | am handling

at each other in the early sunshine. "Will you at least allow me to help heal it?" | said finally. Madelyn nodded slowly, "Yes, that would be fine." My knowledge of healing was very basic, but I felt invigorated by