The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 313 Gideon's POV I woke to the sound of voices. Tegan was crouched beside me, shaking my shoulder. "Alpha. Alpha, wake up." My eyes cracked open. The sky overhead was bright, burning my bleary eyes. I groaned and tried to sit up, but my body felt like it had been steamrolled, and everything hurt. "What happened?" I croaked. "Asher injected you with morphine. You've been out for two hours." Tegan helped me to my feet. "We need to get you back to the estate. You need medical attention." I shook my head, trying to clear it. Everything was hazy. The fight. Asher falling over the cliff.

And then... "Avery." I looked around. "Where's Avery?" Tegan's expression darkened. "We don't know. She disappeared during the fight. We searched the area, but there's no sign of her" "She must havegone back to Nightwolf," I said. "To get her mother." The journey was long and excruciating. I moved a lot slower than I should have, what with my injuries and the morphine still in my system. By the time I reached the estate, it was midday. I searched for Avery, but she wasn't there. Neither was her mother. Or Deirdre, apparently. H She'd escaped from her cell at some point while I was gone.

off and they couldn't find her, The search eventually led us to the abandoned greenhouse at the edge of the property. The second I walked in, my heart dropped, Deirdre was on the ground. There was blood pooling beneath her head, and her eyes

corner. I picked it up and inhaled deeply-it was definitely Avery's. I looked around some more, and that was when I spotted it. Something that looked an awful lot like a finger was laying in the dirt. My stomach turned. Dropping the shirt, I picked it up, examining it. It was small and pale, covered in dirt and blood, perfectly severed from the hand. I recognized

of the room, evidence of a nasty fight. Avery's clothes were torn and red with blood. A chair with ropes hanging from it was overturned. What the hell had