The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 170 Avery's POV My mother was being held in the Rogue King's prison, and I had no power, no ability to rescue her. Thadn't grown up close to my mother- my father had seen to that. From the time I was weaned, I had been removed from her care. He had hated my mother, claimed she seduced him, and she was relegated to the position of omega slave while I was raised in the Gamma's household. And yet, my mother was still dear to me. She had looked out for me as best she could, though sometimes she was too downtrodden to do more than advocate for survival.

She was a simple woman in some ways. But she had never made me doubt that she loved me. At times in my life, I believe she was the only one who did. Certainly, my belligerent father had lost all interest in me once my wolf had failed to manifest. My step-sister was my greatest enemy, and her husband was the man I had once thought would become my mate. So to know that the only person who had unconditionally loved me was now in the hands of an evil man- aman who would do anything to make me his - it tore at my heart and horrified me. Ineeded to find a way to save her.

It was the primary reason I had lingered here as Luna. Gideon had promised that he would help ---- rescue her if I did so. Now I was no longer Luna, thanks to my injuries. Would he still deliver good on his promise? My tear-filled eyes flickered to his across the table in my apartment. "Gideon," I begged, "Please save her." My heart sank further as he hesitated. What was he waiting for? His face was twisted in contemplation, as though he was weighing the decision in his mind. "avery," he said finally, with a heavy tone, "The dungeon is heavily guarded.

To attack it in open onslaught would result in heavy losses for our pack. It would be seen as a formal declaration of war." "So declare war then!" I exclaimed, "Do you not want to eliminate the Rogue King? Have you not been fighting his forces for the entirety of my stay here?" Gideon looked as though his own words tasted bitter in his mouth. He grimaced, then looked at me directly. "The cost would be too dear. I cannot send my warriors to die ina bloodbath.

I was. Somehow, I had still ---- believed that at the end of the day, Gideon would do the right thing. I had thought he was an honorable man, but

the wrong man, I would now lose the one person who had ever truly, selflessly, cared for me. I was the worst sort of daughter to leave her to that fate. "But our contract," I whispered, as tears poured down my face, " You promised." Gideon looked anguished as he rose and went to the door. "It's not possible, Avery," he said firmly. "Then you have deceived me," I said, my voice low, flat, and dead. He only stared at me as I turned away from him, and then I heard his footsteps descending the stairs. Heartbroken, I threw

being so naive, for giving so much of myself, and for what? At the end of the day, Gideon had used me, just like everyone else. The only person I could trust to solve my own problems was myself. It was up to me to find a way to rescue my mother. I marched to my desk and pulled out paper and ink and began to write. ---- There was one warrior who I still considered a friend. Aman who had once showed

sure how she had intercepted the letter intended for Ian, but it was obvious that she had. Tan was Jessica's true mate, but she had rejected him. Now, seeing

think about you writing to one of his warriors and begging for his help." "Gideon doesn't care about what