The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 110 Avery's POV "You!" | stared, shocked at the man from my dream about being tangled in vines. | could still viscerally remember the feeling of his lips on mine as he'd stolen that kiss and left me to struggle. My eyes darted from him to the door behind him. As | watched, the one-eyed man reached down and turned the bolt in the lock. My heart raced. | had thought | would go to Silvermoon, confront Zara, find my mother and leave. Now it appeared that was going to be more difficult than | first imagined. "What have you done with my mother?" | demanded, whirling back to face Zara.

With the fire behind her, her face was, sinisterly backlit, with only her red lips gleaming from the shadows. "Don't worry your empty little head about that." Zara shrugged, " So long as you behave, your mother will be fine." Behave? What did they have in mind? On instinct | hugged my arms around myself. | already knew how cruel Zara could be, and | didn't know this other guy at all. The way he moved was predatory, and | already knew from our ---- shared dream that he didn't give a crap about respecting personal boundaries. | heard the man take a step closer and whirled to face him.

"S-stay over there." | commanded, "Who are you, anyways?" The man smiled that mirthless smile again. | could see the skin under his eye patch wrinkling as he grinned. "You can call me the Rogue King." He gave a sketchy bow. The Rogue KING? Had | heard correctly? | gaped at him. "You control... all the rogues who have been attacking?" | stammered. To think that Gideon had been trying to stomp out the various rogue incursions that had been popping up across Nightwolf territory, and this man... had been coordinating it all?

"That's right." the Rogue King paced closer, ignoring my invective to stay back. "You've already seen that the packs are helpless to protect their own territory, yes?" | stared at him, wide-eyed, as | remembered more about what had been happening. This man had been kidnapping women and girls! "Pack hierarchy is useless against those who are determined to build a better world." ---- "A... b-better world?" | blurted out, confused, "What do you mean?" "Think about it." The Rogue King moved closer again, pulling an armchair closer to the fire and gesturing to me to sit in it. | didn't move.

to rule. Take your Gideon for example. He doesn't actually care about YOU, does he?" The barb was simple, and it had an impact. | looked away quickly to try and hide the expression on my face. My mouth twisted bitterly.

see you know all too well what | mean. They use others, and throw them away like they are disposable." Tears burned in the corners of my eyes, "What do you want?" | ---- whispered.

My life may not have been easy in the pack," my eyes darted to Zara who ignored my pointed glare and examined her nails, "but tearing it down would just mean there

bear me an heir." | leaned back away from him at that, "Mate with you?" | said, shocked, "I

of blood. "What did you inject me with?" | demanded, furious. "Oh, just a little something