The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 68 Avery's POV Being stuck in the car with Gideon was very similar to being stuck in a cage with a tiger. Every move | made drew his attention. Every time | looked at him, he was staring at me with that predator's gaze. lam sure, had there been room, he would have prowled in circles. Being alone with him was raising my blood pressure. It had occurred to me, on the walk back to the car, that without our marriage agreement, Gideon had no real reason to keep me alive.

Up to this point, | had known that going back to Silvermoon would be a death sentence, but it had felt like my alternatives were to survive with Gideon, or escape into the wilds with my mother and find another pack, or live as rogues. Now | realized that the third option could just as easily be to make us disappear in another way. No one from Silvermoon would look for us. Even if my mother mounted an objection to my disappearance, no one would take her seriously. ---- No one in Nightwolf dared to challenge Gideon. Speaking up for myself had felt like the right thing to do in the moment.

tossed between two Alphas, neither of whom actually wanted to eat me! Actually... Gideon might want to

of the tires on the road. I glanced up at him. "Come here." He patted the seat next to

had heard Gideon's command voice before, but he hadn't just commanded me, he had overridden every rational thought between me and doing what he wanted. | gaped at him. "Well. Here | am." It came out in a squeak instead of the sassy tone | intended. My thigh was pressed against Gideon's, and | became increasingly aware of the heat of him on this side of the vehicle. If before he had smelled like a thunderstorm, now he felt like a wildfire. What was going on with me? | hadn't felt nearly this ---- overwhelmed when