The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 311 Avery's POV I lay there for a long moment, staring at Deirdre's still form. She wasn't moving. I crawled over to her and pressed my fingers against her neck, searching for a pulse. I didn't feel anything. I looked up at my mom, too stunned to speak. She stared back, still gagged, but my realization was reflected in her watery eyes. I'd killed Deirdre. Gideon would never forgive this. He would lock me up. Throw me in the dungeons. Maybe even execute me for murdering someone in his pack. It didn't matter that she'd been trying to kill me and my mother.

It didn't matter that she'd escaped custody and taken a hostage. All that would matter was that I'd killed her. And Gideon would take my baby away. The thought of my child being taken from me was far worse than the threat of imprisonment. He would take my child and raise it without me. I would rot in a cell while he moved on with his life, his precious heir in hand. I couldn't let that happen. I forced myself to stand. My shoulder screamed where the knife had gone in, but I ignored it. I stumbled over to my mother and removed her gag, then started working at the ropes.

came loose, and my mother slumped forward. I caught her before she could fall. "And when Gideon finds out, he'll come for me. For us. For my baby,"

to the human lands. Tonight." I looked around the greenhouse, my mind racing. "But first, I need to make sure he doesn't follow us." I couldn't just disappear. Gideon would search for me. He would tear apart every comer of the territory until he found me. I'd seen how relentless he could be. So I needed to

berries' effects. I had to think of something else. I knelt down beside Deirdre and, wincing, I smeared my fingers across the wound on my shoulder. The pain was immediate and sharp, making me gnash my teeth, but I managed to gather enough blood and