The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 173 Avery's POV Dierdra sprawled across the floor like a rag doll. She wasn't moving. "What have you done?" Gideon snarled, leaping across the space towards his 'mate'. Had I killed her? She looked so limp and broken where she lay. I couldn't believe that I could have done such a thing, even with my wolf's strength? What did that make me? A murderer? A feral wolf? I would be executed this very day. 1 I could easily imagine how things would go from here. Gideon would haul me out to the execution grounds. The pack would gather around.

Dierdra's body would be laid out as proof of my savagery. And then I would be killed, and my mother would never know I wasn't coming to save her. She would perish in a cell, wondering what she had done to deserve such a useless daughter. "Hnggg..." Deirdra suddenly inhaled a shuddering breath and my heart resumed beating along with it. I inhaled great gasps of air with relief. Gideon too, seemed shaken. He gently helped Dierdra sit up while glaring at me with a look that said 1 wasn't off the hook yet. ---- "re you alright?" he said, dipping his head to nuzzle at Dierdra's hair.

I stood frozen, watching this casual affection, this sign that Gideon truly did care more for Dierdra than he did for me. "I..." Lopened my mouth to explain, but Gideon snarled at me, snapping his teeth, and I froze and was silent. 1 "Oh... Oh no..." Dierdra sobbed. She clung to Gideon and pointed at the ground between her legs. We all zeroed in on where she was pointing. At the puddle of blood that was seeping across the floor where Dierdra sat. The baby. She had told me she was pregnant, and I hadn't believed her. I rocked back on my heels, guilt washing over me.

Had I actually believed Dierdra, I would never have used such force on her. Even with my wolf strong in my mind, and my actions feral and uncalculated, I could never have done anything that would have harmed a pup. My mind had been so convinced that she and Gideon weren't truly together, that he couldn't have possibly fathered a pup on her... [hadn't truly considered that it might be true. I was the worst sort of wolf now. One who had attacked her pregnant Luna and possibly injured her unborn pup.

from the scene of the crime. "STOP," Gideon barked, and the Alpha command froze my muscles even as my mind screamed for me to run, run as far away as

It smelled so strong and almost putrid in its intensity. Perhaps it was my dislike of Dierdra that made it smell so revolting. Gideon stopped next to me, Dierdra in his arms, her head tucked beneath his chin. "You will come with us," he commanded, using that Alpha voice again. I had no choice except to follow him down the stairs and out to the car where

moaning in the front seat. ---- I squeezed my eyes shut at the sound of her pain. Normally I wouldn't have cared, but to know that I had caused this, that I was to blame, it was unbearable. What if this whole time I had been in the wrong? What if I was the monster, actually trying to rip Dierdra from her mate, and from her due status? My

Dierdra as the aggressor, but could find none. My wolf had almost caused me to go feral. I had been motivated by panic and desperation, driven mad by grief and pain, but that was no excuse for losing control. My actions had brought harm to others, possibly innocents, and I could never forgive myself for that. When we arrived at the hospital, Dierdra was immediately wheeled away for examination, and Gideon and I were left in

register when a nurse came to ask if we needed anything, with great deference to him due to his Alpha status. As for me, I was mostly ignored. The only time anyone interacted with me directly was when I asked to go to the bathroom and Gideon's head shot up. ---- "You will return here