The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 80 Avery's POV Gideon's eyes were closed as he leaned his forehead against mine. | could see the crease between his brows furrow as pain washed over him. Thankfully, the blood flow had almost stopped, and soon the worst of the healing would be over. His fever had returned. | could feel the heat of him against my skin. He would need to rest, and he would be hungry when he awoke. Exasperatingly, he seemed to have no intention of allowing me to continue my journey. | should have known he would stop me.

| guess it was good he'd shown up when he did, or I'd be mincemeat in some rogue's jaws right now. "My Luna." Something about how he said those words had touched me in my core. As frustrating as his repeated denials of a separation were, he had said those words with such fervor. As though | truly was important to him. | couldn't imagine why he would choose me, while rejecting Zara. She was more powerful, more desirable in every way. She had a wolf that could manifest. | had no claim to his loyalty. Yet here he was, protecting me once again. It made me want to ---- do the same for him.

floor of the glade. The temperature was dropping, and it threatened to be a rainy, cold night. We needed to shelter here and let Gideon heal to safely make the trek back to Nightwolf. Quickly | rose and gathered up pine boughs to create a roof over the fallen log we were leaning against.

fog parted and moonlight streamed down upon us. Remembering the way it had felt in my hands was surreal Experimentally, | wiggled my fingers in the moonlight, but the sensation of being able to manipulate the light did not return. Was it the invocation then, that had allowed me to access that power?

jumped when Gideon said my name. | almost dropped the bundle of moss | had been gathering to insulate us from the cold earth. | spun around and headed back towards where he leaned against the fallen tree. When | got to him, | realized his eyes were