The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 363

Avery's POV

My first instinct was to take Bjorn and leave. To run like our lives depended on it. And for a moment, I almost did. My eyes darted to Bjorn, who was on the other side of the room, talking to the other kids.

I moved a step toward him, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might burst out of my chest. But it was too late.

Gideon spotted me immediately, cold eyes flicking straight to me, then to Sebastian, who was still standing beside me. Gideon and Fiona beelined over.

Or rather, Gideon did, with Fiona's arm still clutching his, practically dragging her behind him. "Avery." His voice made my spine go rigid. I turned slowly, trying to will my expression into one of calm neutrality.

Unbidden, my eyes moved to that ring on Fiona's finger. It looked just as large as it had the last time I'd seen her, flashing in the light. I half expected her to flaunt it now just as she had in the store. But to my surprise, when she noticed me staring, she quickly pulled her hand away from Gideon's bicep and stuck it in her pocket, concealing the ring.

thought Fiona was proud of her accomplishment-or rather,

officially, now that she was eighteen. I thought they'd be flaunting their upcoming marriage. I almost wanted to ask, but decided that it wasn't my problem to solve.

"Avery."

stiffen. I looked up to see that he was heading our

toward Gideon. Sebastian growled low in his throat. So it was him at the festival; I knew it! He'd snuck into Evergreen to torment my son. Gideon looked

asked. His

and it terrified me. He was furious that I had kept his son from him for a

me, and suddenly, I had an idea.

"No," I said.

his gaze, refusing to let him see that I was

the tension or was deliberately ignoring it. He