Chapter 246

Avery's POV

Now, in addition to my own internal war about leaving, | had

added shame for my own hypocrisy, and guilt for letting Dierdra

be recaptured by the Rogue King.

At least my desire to ignore being left alone to stew in my own

emotions meant | threw myself into the preparations for the

Annual Mating Ceremony. The logistics were daunting, but

unfortunately there were also a few key events leading up to the

day where Gideon and | were expected to appear as a couple.

There was a solstice luncheon, where everyone gathered on the

pack house's south patio to bat eyelashes at each other under

sweaty brows. Romantic.

Then there was some sort of rustic hay wagon ride, where

flirtatious young wolves could get hauled behind an ancient

tractor that spat great clouds of black exhaust as it chugged

through the orchard and along the river.

By the time the Moon-Viewing Cocktail Soiree arrived, | was very

ready to just throw myself into the lake and let my body become

a habitat for zebra mussels. 1

It didn’t help that Gideon's behavior towards me had done a

----

180 since the day Dierdra was recaptured.

been trying to earn

house, he had still

to soften towards

cold and

as hurt by it as |

wall between us. | had

to believe |

| was. At

the early stages of

the embryo embedded itself firmly into

and |

of these symptoms were normal and expected, and |

to him about them. This was supposed

couple, and | wished we had the

relationship where | could do those silly

of his hands on

to paint a nursery.

couldn't tell

raised

that crystal clear. What if it had been

fields who had been kidnapped? If

----

capture Dierdra, then it

snatch a kid and take them from

allow that to

mine would be

had touted, that my

were a

information to

| kept my mouth shut about my developing pregnancy, and

Gideon's cold demeanor as the

ceremonies like the one we were standing

more awkward. This was supposed to

the eligible wolves interested

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