The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 69 Gideon was right next to me again, his handsome face inches from mine, and he didn't look happy. "Explain." he grated out between clenched teeth. "Uh..." | stammered, Why did he have to be all up in my space? * Ok. Why did you want to come to Silvermoon today?" Gideon exhaled slowly, but indulged the question "Because there are rogue cells embedded in the forest around your pack's territory that they are refusing to do anything about." "oh." | said, voice small. "So it wasn't about finding your missing mate?" Gideon was silent again. So it was partially about that! Aha!

| stared up at him from under my lashes coolly. His eyebrows were drawn tight over his glare. "You are mine." he snapped finally. "It's not negotiable." | was startled at the words, and more so at the passion underneath them. Since when did Gideon care so much about what happened to me? ---- "Why?" | asked, astonished. "Why me?" "As Alpha, | must fulfill tradition." | watched the muscles in Gideon's jaw clench and unclench as he ground the words out. His words reminded me of what my mother had said during my visit. "Not all traditions still have purpose." | said, gently.

been exacerbated by their contact. If the tradition stopped, that friction might stop as well. Gideon didn't answer. | tried another angle. Gently

many traditions are broken." | pleaded truthfully. " ---- Anyone who judges you for that is missing the point." He shook his head slowly. "ll do some research!" | continued, ignoring his disapproval " There's got to be another way to fulfill tradition that doesn't end in both of us being miserable together."

lame protestations fell off into nothing. "The future is just a....very long time." | said after a minute. "If you've already got someone, then | want to find my someone as well. That's all." "No." His flat response struck like a whipcrack "No?" "No." He nodded curtly, "You are not leaving. You are marrying me as Luna. There is no other future that is acceptable in this scenario." ----