The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 151 Gideon's POV "Was it you?" Avery's question rang in my ears even as I strode down the hall after Dierdra. The way she had said it... Unsure, tentative. She acted like she hadn't known. Yes. It was me. The fact that she didn't know that for certain got under my skin like an itch. Who had she thought it was, if not me? I found myself replaying every instant of our interaction, re- analyzing. She had been so enthusiastic, so enticing, and her joy at seeing me had overwhelmed my usual reticence. But now I wasn't sure what exactly had occurred.

Last night I had been walking down the hallway when I had heard her and Reynaud coming up the stairs. Avery was swaying and remarking on how tired she was to the other Alpha, and at first I had thought it was an act, that she was playing coy to attract his attention. Thad approached the curtained alcove where they'd taken respite and heard her telling Reynaud about his dead eyes.

---- "Yes, why was that, Reynaud?" I had thought to myself with gleeful vengeance, 'could it be because your legacy is written in blood and bone, and your path to glory paved over the bodies of those who trusted you to protect them?" I felt pride that Avery had somehow seen beyond the other Alpha's smiling, congenial mask. Sometimes she could be surprisingly discerning for someone who had limited life experience outside her own pack. Iheard Reynaud beat a hasty retreat, backing out of the curtains. Right into me. He spun to face me, eyes wide. Iclenched my hand in his lapels, steadying him.

Slowly, I drew my finger across his throat. Nothing needed to be said. Reynaud got the message. He dove towards the stairwell and disappeared quickly. I pulled back the curtains and entered the alcove to find Avery stretching her arms towards me with a smile. "You're back!" she greeted happily, "I thought you were leaving me for good." "T would never do that." I said. She seemed a bit tired, a bit disoriented, so I picked her up off of the sofa and carried her to her rooms. ---- Imeant to leave her to her rest, but Avery seemed to not want me to leave. "Please don't leave me here alone.

the night of the Full Mating Moon? Could it have been...? I mind raced, trying to connect the girl in front of me with the girl from back then, but she didn't bear my mark. Still, when she threw her arms around me, something in it felt familiar.

mind then, there was only her. Her skin, her

I stalked after my 'true mate', I found myself second- guessing those memories. The memories of last night, her scent across my mind, all felt masked by the overpowering instincts of the wolf. Had they happened as I remembered? If Avery wasn't my mate, why had last night felt so impassioned? So incredibly arousing? It didn't make sense. Thated myself for finding so much enjoyment in

back, and now I regretted it. I should have left, I should never have done it. Those were the sorts of memories I should have been making with Dierdra. I wished so

wait!" I caught her arm at the foot of the grand ---- staircase, and saw heads around us swivel to observe. Dierdra whirled on me, her face a mess of tears and running mascara. "T have nothing to say to you!" she sobbed, marching towards the far side of the ballroom. I went after her, of course, what