Chapter 355

Gideon's POV

Avery looked at me. Her face, which had just been smiling, fell.

Her eyes narrowed, and her mouth twisted into a scowl. Then,

she turned and walked away without a word.

My wolf howled desperately as | watched her go. Frustration and

anger surged through my chest, hot and sudden like a red-hot

poker had been stabbed into my heart. In that moment, | felt that

| would have preferred it if the security guards at her office had

simply shot me with their guns.

After everything we had been through together, after ten years of

miserable separation and searching for her and missing her, she

couldn't even look at me.

It was like she hated me. No, worse than that; it was like she felt

nothing for me at all. Like | was just a ghost from her past that

she wanted to forget about

“Avery! Avery!!” | shouted, gripping the bars of the gate. The

guards grabbed at my arms, but | didn’t let go. “AVERY!”

She didn’t look back. | watched as she disappeared into the

house, and there was nothing | could do about it. | tried to reach

out through the mate bond | knew we still shared, but there was

----

nothing there. It was as if she was cutting it off from her end,

shielding her mind so | couldn't communicate with her.

Sebastian, the bastard, calmly walked over to me with his hands

in his pockets. He nodded his chin at his men, who released me

and stepped back.

“Hello, Alpha Gideon.” He stopped just out of reach, obviously

wanting to make sure | couldn't grab him through the bars,

which, admittedly, had crossed my mind.

“I need to talk to Avery," | said

He looked at me like I'd just said something stupid.

doesn’t want to

“’m her mate.”

pulled one hand out of his

piece of lint off

are to stay well enough

here.”

my chest at those words.

she'd

employees to treat me

intruder.

no sense. | had done

----

other, the only focus on

her. There had been some misunderstandings

but she was no fool. She had to

| loved her, even if | had been too much of

time to

“Why?” | blurted out.

a brow. | suddenly felt small and pathetic

it was

none of your business,” he

lip curled indignantly, revealing partially extended fangs.

beneath the surface of

me to put him in

you don't mind,” Sebastian said,

her.”

as if to leave, but |

froze. He wasn't facing me, but |

had

have been right. He was dating Avery.

had been

Avery was mine.

that’s

back.”

----

over his shoulder. He

or put off, but rather

told him a joke. Like

to win,” he

choose you again.”

he left. | shouted some choice

proud of, but

roughly by the shoulders

shoving me toward

time in as many days,

like a wayward

my breath as |

wasn't over; they could try

would go to

She had to know that | loved her,

away, | was sorry. I just wanted her

was opening my car door, | felt a presence

neck. | turned, spotting a group of kids playing

them was looking

fully to face him. It was

strange, because | sensed that he had a

have one yet—with

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