The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 198 Avery's POV My mind was made up. I would send Reynaud my message, accepting his offer. I felt resolute in my decision - excited even. It was as though the possibility of a change opened up a new horizon before me. My life in Nightwolf under Gideon's rule had been full of endless uncertainty. True, switching to Reynaud's pack involved a fair amount of unknown variables, but just the concept of a new situation felt like a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, it did not alleviate the tension between Gideon. and I in the slightest.

Someone had said that hate and love were two sides of the same coin, except in my case it was 'longing to be noticed' and 'longing to no longer notice him'. It felt like as the day's journey wore on, I just became increasingly attuned to Gideon. His every movement, breath, gesture, they all captured my attention and distracted me from every attempt to settle my thoughts. Was it because I hadn't socialized with anyone in a long time that I was so hyper-aware of his presence near me? Had I become truly feral in my isolation?

We pulled into the large semi-circular drive of the Council Estate, and Gideon pulled open my door and held out a hand for me to disembark. I stepped out into the late afternoon sunshine and stared up at the massive buildings, their glass-paned windows reflected red and orange light back to me, as though ---- there was an inferno raging behind their walls. There was an inferno raging within me as well.

so solid beneath my fingertips, while I felt as though I would burn up at any moment and float away, so much ash on the breeze.

undermine me socially. It was also the last time I had seen my mystery lover in my bed. Was that the person who was gently leading me up these stairs, or was it the man I was going to be sending my acceptance note to later? Or was it a mysterious, third option? Although

or betrayed any sign that he had been the man who had claimed my body so skillfully. Iwas still young, physically. I had waited to have sex until my first Full Mating Moon with Ryan, the current Alpha of Silvermoon, and then I had caught him in bed with my half- ---- sister, Zara, instead. That night I had entered heat for the first time and slept with a man in a haze of passion. 1 Thad snuck away in the early morning darkness and never seen his face. Since that

was hardly experienced in the act, and there was a surge of concern within me that every time I had a sexual encounter, I had ended up regretting it. Not the pleasure it brought, no, that was intense and not regrettable. I may have had a somewhat unconventional initiation into the art of pleasure, but my turmoil came from the aftermath. The mornings when I tried to remember what