The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 118 Avery's POV "Oh, you came for the delivery schedules?" The driver in front of me wrung his hat between his hands and looked embarrassed, " My apologies, Luna, | have already passed those reports along to the Alpha." "Gideon came for the schedules himself?" | asked, surprised "No, Luna," the man shuffled his feet, "His mate did." | gritted my teeth in irritation, but it wasn't this man's fault. | thanked him and let him get back to loading the produce we'd grown in my garden into his truck.

This was the third time this week that | had gone to perform my Luna duties and discovered that Dierdra had beaten me to it. Her angle was obvious. She was seeking to supplant me. It would be one sort of escape, | suppose. Let her push me out. If Gideon made her his Luna, then | would be free. ---- However, | still needed Gideon's help to rescue my mother and, frankly, the thought of his false-mate winning my position infuriated me. I kept asking myself why I cared. | didn't have a good answer, except that | knew what she was, and | wouldn't let her beat me.

| turned back to sorting out the spring radishes and greens we had grown and washed for transport to pack families. It wasn't yet at the scale | hoped to reach, but | was proud of what Madelyn and | had managed to do with the pack garden in just a few weeks. We were now supplying produce weekly to most of the pack families and our surplus was being used in the pack mess hall kitchens. Not that Gideon seemed to notice. | stood up from the packing crates and stretched.

summer months There was still lots to do, and for a few hours | let myself lose track of time in sorting out planting schedules and bed rotations. "It's good to see you, Luna." Madelyn said

Madelyn looked at me for a long moment. "I might be overstepping, Luna, but." she paused. "Yes?" | asked carefully, spine stiff as

stilled, "Has she now?" | kept my voice level, with effort. "| wanted to ask," Madelyn placed one hand on mine carefully. When | raised my eyes | saw her looking at me with concern, " Did everything go okay... on your wedding night?" | bit my lip and