The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 57 | didn't have an immediate answer, so | just indicated for her to follow me out into the garden once more. | handed her a hoe and led her over to where the diseased plants were. "These plants are sick, so we need to pull them up and burn them." | instructed, handing her a pair of gloves and putting some on myself. Madelyn nodded and began to work We piled the plants into a wheelbarrow and dumped them into the flames. After a while | said, "I was very alone in my old pack. Most people wouldn't associate with me.

So | know what it's like to feel alone where you're supposed to belong." | stared into the flames, not wanting to look at her while | confessed my painful past. Madelyn was quiet for a while, then asked, "Somehow it hurts even more when it's the people who are supposed to be yours, you know?" | did know. | thought of my father, who had only told me that | shamed him when my wolf hadn't manifested, and had threatened to kill me if | didn't find a husband. My own half-sister had stolen my ---- boyfriend and used it to hurt me.

That's why | want to give you a second chance, and show kindness where there isn't any." | admitted. "It might seem stupid, but nothing else I've tried has worked, so why not this?" She gave me a small smile back, then

knows | exist." 1 She hung her head, "Jessica told me that if | did what she asked, she'd help put a good word in for me, introduce us. | know it sounds stupid, but she seemed so nice at first. When | finally realized she wasn't a good person and tried to stand up to her, she threatened to tell him bad things about me. Like telling him that | sleep around, do drugs, and worse." 1 Tears welled up in her eyes and she turned away, sniffling loudly. My heart went out to her. | could see how Jessica could easily manipulate someone like

meangirl "Thank you for telling me your secret." | said, genuinely. | reached out and squeezed Madelyn's hand. "Jessica may have some power, but we're not going to let her win. I'll put in a good word with Tegan for you." Madelyn turned to look at me with wide eyes, "You would do that?" "Absolutely." | smiled back. "That's what friends are for." We went back to work in companionable silence, pulling up weeds from the other garden beds and adding them to the