The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 329 Avery's POV In a few weeks, it was settled. Sebastian would host me in Evergreen. I was only going for two nights, just long enough to attend the banquet, tour the pack, and work out some preliminary business agreements. I didn't tell Bjorn the truth about where I was going. I knew I should have, and I hated myself for not being able to do it. I felt like a coward. But when it came down to it, when I stood in his doorway the night before I was supposed to leave, I found myself forcing out the wrong words. "Bjorn, I'm going to a business conference out of town.

I'm leaving first thing tomorrow." "How long will you be gone?" he asked. He was sitting on his bed with his new game in his lap, the one I had bought him that afternoon at the electronics store downtown. He hadn't looked up when I came in. "Just a few days," I said. He nodded without pulling his eyes away from the screen. "Grandma will be here the whole time," I said. "And I'll have my phone on. You can call me whenever you want." "M'kay." I stood there for another moment. He didn't look up.

I said goodnight and pulled his door shut and went to bed, and the whole time I was kicking myself mentally. Ultimately, I decided that it was wiser to just get this first visit out of the way, see how it went, and then I could tell him after. At least, that was the rationale that allowed me to get some sleep that night., In the morning I was up before anyone else. stood in the bathroom mirror with a pair of scissors and did it quickly, before I could think too hard about it. My hair had always been long, down past my shoulders, the same color it had always been.

I cut it to just below my jaw, then opened the box of dye I had bought at the pharmacy and followed the instructions on the back. When I was finished, my hair had gone from chestnut waves to a black bob. It didn't really feel like me, but it felt different enough to keep myself from being noticed too easily by you-know-who. 1/4 Chapter 329 +25 Bonus Just in case. Of course, I hoped it wouldn't come to that. Afterwards, I loaded my bag into the car and went back inside to say goodbye. My mother hugged me for a long time without saying anything.

for a few days," laughed, pulling back. I kissed her cheek and told her to call me if anything came up. Bjorn was in the kitchen eating cereal. I hugged him from behind and he let me, but he didn't hug back. Just sat there with his spoon hovering in front of his

the landscape change around The human lands finally gave way to open country, and then to the kind of dense, heavy forest that you only really found in pack territories. The

were two guards at the gate, and they checked my name against a list before waving me through without any fuss. I drove through slowly, taking it in, Evergreen was larger than I had expected. I wasn't sure what I had been picturing, but it wasn't this. The main settlement was

wondering if this was a mistake. But then Sebastian came outside, waving, and I knew there was no turning back now. "Ms. Rivers," he said as I got out of the car. You came." "I said I would think about it," I said. "I

a rundown of the evening's schedule. The event started at seven. "It's a good crowd," he said. "A lot of people will be there who I'd like you to meet." "I appreciate it," I said, "but I'm trying to keep a low profile." He glanced at my hair. "I can