The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 172 Avery's POV Iwas still too weak to run, so my dash up to the pack house was more of a fast-paced hobble. As I hurried along, Zara's words kept echoing in my mind. "He is not a patient man." How long did I really have before the Rogue King decided to force my hand further and escalated his torture of my mother or worse? It already tore me apart to think that it was due to me that she was subjected to the treatment I had seen on the camera feed Zara had shown me. More than that, it did confirm the intel that Gideon had brought to me.

That my mother was being held in some sort of dungeon. We had been on the right trail, but I still was no closer to finding a solution to breaking my mother out safely. I scurried along the road up the hill to the pack house, and hoped that I would be able to find Gideon quickly. He hadn't come to visit me this morning. Perhaps he had realized that any hope of repairing our relationship was impossible while my mother was held captive. Another possibility crossed my mind.

That Jessica had carried through on her blackmail threat and had shown him the letter I had penned to Ian requesting his assistance, going behind Gideon's back to do so. ---- 1 had given her the recommendation letter she had demanded, but what if she hadn't upheld her end of the deal? I could be walking into that pack house into the full force of Gideon's wrath. But I had no choice. Even if he wanted to punish me for my treachery and disobedience, I still needed to try once more to convince him to try and save my mother. Iwould do anything he asked, if he could only do this one thing for me.

I knew that pack wolf lives hung in the balance, and I was willing to offer my own in surety if needed. My muscles were still weak from my healing and illness. I was growing winded just walking up the hill, and hauling open the massive door on the front of the pack house was harder than I remembered. Panting, I fumbled my way up to the second floor where Gideon's office was. Then I froze. Dierdra stood in the hallway, between myself and Gideon's office. There was no way she was going to let me by. My heart sank. The panic clawed at my throat and drove my feet forward, despite my apprehension.

your message, and I will deliver it," Dierdra said, snidely, "And then you must leave." "I cannot give it to you. It is for Gideon's ears only," I shook my

think that the laws of this pack don't apply to you?" she sneered, "You are disobeying your Luna's commands, and your Alpha's declaration that you may not enter this house until you are fully healed. What an impertinent wolf you are, Avery. And to think, you once presumed to run this pack..." 1 Her words were barely registering in my ears. All I could think was that somewhere beyond that shut office door, Gideon was sitting. Gideon who held access to one of the largest packs of

that when Dierdra moved herself into my line of sight, she flinched. "How dare you show me the wolf in your eyes!" She berated. Had I? Had my eyes flashed yellow, the way Gideon's did when his wolf ---- was near the surface of his control? And yet, [heard no voice from within me. My wolf had been silent since my injury, and I felt none of her strength. "Tneed. To speak. To Gideon," I said again,

me into Dierdra's space. She squawked and stumbled backwards, then regained her footing and lunged forwards, pushing into my space in return.

pinned my injured arm to the floor with her foot. "Do you want to challenge me?" She said softly, "Because I would greatly enjoy destroying you while Gideon watches." "My mother," I hissed out as pain flooded through me from her pressure on my injury, "I need to save my mother." Dierdra laughed cruelly, "That won't be happening. No one can save her now.