Chapter 371

Avery's POV

My mouth dropped open at Fiona's words.

“A fresh divorcee from the human lands"? I would "find someone who actually wanted to stay with me for once?"

When I first met Fiona, I'd thought she was just an unfortunate puppet of the men in her life. Now, I was starting to change my mind on that account.

That was uncalled for, cruel, and so utterly incorrect that it was almost laughable. Maybe I had given her too much grace in the beginning, and she wasn't as much of a victim as I thought she was.

I was about to tell her exactly how I felt about that statement of hers when a sudden presence shot through the back of my mind like a silver-tipped arrow.

Before I could stop it, I heard a familiar voice whisper in my head, "Avery. Talk to me-"

but the damage had been done. In my momentary state of shock, I had lost a grip on my inner fortress, allowing Gideon to

ribs and my wolf was stirring from sleep.

Fiona, noticing this, clung to his arm and gestured to me with her lower lip still

said with

brows arched, but I quickly cut in, "No, I didn't. Sebastian-my husband-is just

my hand, displaying the wedding band, just for good measure. Gideon's face paled a little at the sight of the ring, indicating that my words struck exactly where

overshadowed by the sensation of my wolf

be with Gideon... Not her..." I pushed her down, but it was no use. She popped right back up, her whines growing even more intense now.

enough, I stood, grabbing my clutch.

I ignored the feeling of Gideon's eyes on my back and walked over to

bartender was a middle-aged man with glasses and

me immediately and

get for

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