The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

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.

to talk

“’m her mate.”

doesn't matter.” He pulled one hand out of

invisible piece of lint off his

well enough away from

here.”

pang shot through my chest

it clear. Just as she'd apparently done back in

telling all of her employees to treat

intruder.

sense. | had done nothing

----

the only focus on my mind had

her. There had been some misunderstandings

fool. She had to know

| loved her, even if | had been too much

to

“Why?” | blurted out.

a brow. | suddenly felt

it was too

your

lip curled indignantly, revealing partially extended fangs.

was pushing just beneath the surface of my

put him in

mind,” Sebastian said,

her.”

turned as if to leave, but

froze. He wasn't facing me, but | could see the

in his shoulders. My words had

been right. He was dating Avery. My

sure how long it had been going on, but it

Avery was mine.

“if that’s what it will take

back.”

----

looked at me over his shoulder. He

put off, but

told him a joke. Like | was

to win,” he replied,

choose you again.”

left. | shouted some choice words after him that

of,

me roughly by the

me toward

many days, | was

a wayward

breath as | fumbled in

could try to humiliate me

but it wouldn't work. | would

back. She had to know that | loved

to push her away, | was sorry.

my car door, |

neck. | turned, spotting a group of kids

of them was looking at

fully to face him. It was a boy, no

strange, because | sensed that he had a wolf, and kids

have one yet—with dark hair and bright