The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 221 Avery's POV +25 Bonus I was up hours before the Pack Meeting was due to congregate. The name was something of a misnomer, it wasn't actually everyone in the pack. A meeting of the entire pack would take days to gather, and we would need to hold it in the Ceremony Hall or Training Grounds to accommodate those who could come Those sorts of meetings were usually reserved for the seasonal celebrations that marked the turning of the year in most Wolf Packs; Full Mating Moons, Formal Mating Ceremonies, the Elevation of a new Alpha or Luna for the first time, Weddings, etc.

Instead, this meeting consisted of those Pack members who represented the heads of important industries, warrior groups, family matriarchs, and other important positions that helped enforce the hierarchy of daily life. However, anyone who wanted to attend, was welcome into the viewing gallery, so there was a sizable throng of both village elders and bystanders that flowed into the Pack House throughout the day. There was a single large meeting room that would hold pack meetings like this.

It ran along the back of the pack house and one entire wall was windows that looked out into the forest behind the building. There was a second floor gallery where the unseated bystanders could observe. Therefore I had been up very early to ensure that the pack kitchens were prepared for the potential influx of hungry wolves who would be sent home after the meeting with a hot meal.

but already I was hip-deep in responsibility, ensuring that the arriving elders and pack leaders were greeted with due respect and given a place to rest before the meeting began. They were all very respectful in return, of course, but more than a few tried to ask me what was going to happen at the meeting, and I had to tell them honestly that even as the full, true Luna, I had no

of the morning and afternoon for precisely that reason. I had been successful, in that regard, but it also left me woefully out of the loop if Gideon had been looking for me to give me a hint as to what was about to occur when the meeting adjourned. Still, I didn't need to have seen an agenda to know that

sensed my agitation, and I was surprised and moved when I felt her sending me encouragement through our bond. I hadn't been seeking out our connection much since she had declared that Gideon was our mate. I didn't know how to handle that information, honestly. What

middle of a garden. Even if it did almost end in a kiss. And yet, when I tried to delve deeper into my wolf's opaque meaning, I found myself