The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 332 I didn't run, because that would only draw attention, and the last thing I needed was a scene. But I moved quickly and deliberately, putting as many bodies as possible between me and him, weaving back and forth in the hopes of losing him. Had he known that I was going to be here? That was the only explanation. He must have found out somehow, maybe through Sebastian, or maybe through some other channel I hadn't thought about, and he had come here specifically to find me.

Ten years of thinking I was safe and it ended at a banquet in Evergreen because I'd listened to Claire and gotten on the road like an idiot. I found the bathroom at the end of a side corridor and got inside and locked the door. It was a single occupancy room, small, with a mirror above the sink and a window above the toilet that looked out onto the side of the building. I stood at the sink and gripped the edges of it and looked at myself in the mirror. My hands were shaking. "Okay," I said quietly. "Okay. Breathe, Avery. Think." Gideon was out there. He'd seen me, maybe even scented me.

aged me, too. Still, I couldn't go back out there. It was too risky. I looked at the window and bit the inside of my cheek. It was

I could manage. I got my arms through, then my shoulders, then the rest of me, and dropped down onto the ground and landed in a crouch, I straightened up and started walking toward the front of the building.

looking at me with obvious suspicion, and I knew right away that they had seen me climb through the window. "I can explain," I said. "Sure you can," said the one who had grabbed me. "Come with us. I thought briefly about running. My wolf was all for it. But they were both bigger than me and almost certainly faster, and I hadn't shifted in ages, and making a break for it in the middle of an Alpha's formal event would

wall, the music and conversation carrying through. "Where are you taking me?" I asked. "To the Alpha," said the one on my left. "I'm actually a guest here. I'm not-I wasn't doing anything. I just needed some air." "Through a window?" "I couldn't find the