The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 282 Gideon's POV The words on the page blurred together as I read them a second time, then a third. Each pass made my chest tighter, like someone was wrapping chains around my ribs and pulling as hard as they could. "I'm living with my true mate now. He says I'm a princess, and that he'll make me his queen. Once we're married, I'll have lots of little pups, and I'll be all his. Body, mind, and soul." Body, mind, and soul. The letter slipped from my fingers and fluttered to the ground. I didn't bother to pick it up. Avery was my mate. And now she was with the Rogue King. Was it true?

Had she been working with him all along? Had his poison taken over her mind, convincing her that she could have a better life with him than with me? Or was this all a facade? I was leaning toward the latter. But the thing was, there was still a small part of me that wondered if she really had chosen him over me. Maybe he'd promised her something. Maybe he'd given her more already than I had. Meanwhile, I hadn't even been able to tell her that I loved her. And I was pushing her away because of it. "Gideon?" I looked up.

twisting one hand on her cane, Clearing my throat, I composed myself and stooped, picking up the letter. "She wouldn't write this," she said firmly. "Not willingly." "How do you know?" I wanted to believe her. It was a lot better than the alternative. ་་ Avery's mother limped over to me, then pointed at one of the lines on the page. This part here. About the window, She

you sure?" "Positive. I've lived in that room for weeks now. I know which direction my window 1/2 Chapter 282 +25 Bonus faces. I get a perfect view of the setting sun, not rising." She took a step back

believed her from the beginning. And now I had even less of a reason to. But it still didn't change anything. That forest was massive and crawling with rogues. Finding Avery there would be like finding a needle in a haystack, and time was already against us. "Furthermore," Avery's mother went on, "she