The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 395

Avery’s POV

My ankle was rapidly starting to swell and darken in spots. It was definitely twisted at the very least, and perhaps even fractured slightly. I definitely wasn’t going to be able to put very much weight on it.

But I wasn’t about to give up searching for my son over a sprained ankle. I’d been through far worse than this for far less.

Gritting my teeth, I grabbed the thin trunk of a nearby young tree for support and hauled myself up.

“Avery-” Gideon reached for my elbow, but I swatted him away.

“I’m fine,” I said. “Perfectly fine.”

Gideon and Sebastian exchanged a look that said neither of them believed me, although I pretended not to notice it. Fiona was standing a little ways away, watching the whole exchange with wide eyes. I thought about her elbow digging into my spine and wondered if she had done that on purpose, but right now wasn’t the time to bring that up.

Taking a deep breath, I tested my ankle. Unfortunately, the moment I put weight on my foot, the pain shot straight up through my leg. I had to clench my teeth so tightly I thought they might crack just to keep myself from crying out.

“See?” I choked out. “I’m fine!”

Gideon planted his hands on his hips and shot me a look.

“I can walk it off,” I said, a little weaker now.

“You can’t,” Sebastian said flatly.

I ignored them both and took one step forward, keeping my hand on the tree. Then another. The third one made my vision swim and I stopped, breathing through my nose, waiting for it to pass.

It didn’t pass.

over to me and placed his hand on my shoulder. “Avery, I think

my gaze up to him. “Bjorn is out here somewhere. I’m not going home when

when you can’t even walk?” he asked. His voice was gentle, but there was an underlying edge to it that spoke

and

were clearly designed to make me feel like shit. She seemed to be really good at

nails then looking back at me with a smile. “This terrain isn’t exactly suited to someone who has spent the last decade in the city. The

look at her, “you think I was already at a

human city for so long, so you probably don’t

lived here for years before I ever set foot in a human city.”

to add,

know when to shut the

going to have to insist that you go

“But-”

Gideon stepped forward. “We can handle it. We’ll

knew that look in his eyes all too well. I had seen it many times before, ten years ago, back when he still thought that another woman was

on finding her, neither of us realizing that it was me, and that I was right there beside him

and that look was still the same. Only now it was in reference

that, but not a painful one. It was surprisingly warm and tender,

about my son to such a degree. Aside from my mother, of course. But I’d never dreamed that Bjorn could have

I quickly squashed that feeling before it could wrap around me. There were still many reasons why I had to keep Bjorn and Gideon separate, and one single day couldn’t just change

both right. I wasn’t going to walk on this ankle. If anything, I was just holding the

said, staring at the ground. “I’ll

sick, Avery. He’s probably just holed up somewhere to wait out the storm. He’s a smart

now, with tensions so high and the pain in my ankle worsening by the moment, I wasn’t

turned to her. “Can you take Avery back to