The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 339 Avery's POV | didn't hesitate. | grabbed my bag off the chair and started shoving everything I'd brought into it, which thankfully wasn't too much, all while my mother's voicemail played on a loop in my head. Bjorn was missing | pulled my jacket on, slung my bag over my shoulder, and looked around the room once to make sure | hadn't left anything behind. Then, | quickly crossed the room to leave. Suddenly, before | reached the door, a figure stepped out of the closet. Tall, dark, with eyes shining at me in the dim light. "Avery," Gideon's voice said.

"You're alive." | stumbled back, gasping, and pressed my hand to my chest. My heart was pounding so hard it was painful. "How long were you hiding in there?!" | blurted out. He froze, looking at me. "We need to talk." He took a step forward, and | took one back, but it wasn't ---- enough space between us. My wolf surged again, howling louder than ever as Gideon's scent washed over me. "Avery, I've been looking for you for ten years." Gideon's voice slipped into my mind like butter. | didn't have enough time to tamp down our bond before he did it.

the inside of my chest, pushing at the surface of my skin, begging to be set free. "Mate. Mate. MATE!" | shoved her down with all the force | had. | knew what she wanted. She had been waiting ten years for exactly this moment, and she didn't care about any of the rest of it. She didn't care about what he'd said about me, or what he'd done throughout our "relationship", or how he saw me-not as a person, but a broodmare to produce heirs with. She just wanted her mate back, and she would have walked us straight into his

when he told Asher that he only wanted our child, never me. | knew what Deirdre had told me in the greenhouse, and even if half of it was designed to hurt me, it didn't mean that none of it was true. ---- And most of all, | knew about Bjorn. If Gideon found out about Bjorn, then it was over. He

I needed to get out. Gritting my teeth, | crossed the distance between us and shoved