The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 394

My eyes narrowed as she spoke. I studied Fiona, and as I looked at her sympathetic expression, something clicked in my mind.

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. There wasn’t enough evidence there beyond personal distrust for the woman, but my maternal senses were tingling. She knew something.

For a moment, I almost said something about it. I wanted to confront her then and there, ask if she was involved in my son’s disappearance. But I held my tongue, because I really had no proof, and it might just make matters worse than they needed to be right now if I confronted her.

I was going to keep an eye on her, though. That was for sure.

The four of us moved deeper into the woods. Fiona kept pace easily, chattering away to Gideon. Whatever she said, I couldn’t hear it. Her voice was lost below the sound of the rain and the wind.

I glanced at Gideon, though, and noticed the tension in his jaw and shoulders. He wasn’t really listening to her, either. His eyes were fixed on the forest floor, scanning the ground for tracks, and he didn’t even bother replying to whatever Fiona was saying with a nod or a shrug.

heavy and cold, drumming on the leaves overhead and running down the back of my neck. Lightning flickered somewhere far off in the distance, followed by a slow roll of thunder

My voice bounced off

“Bjooorn!”

Nothing.

name every few minutes, cupping his hands around his mouth

chest that I didn’t want to be there. But now it was there, and

that the kid we were looking for was his, or so it seemed. And yet he’d put on his jacket and grabbed his keys without a moment’s hesitation, and now he was out here in the rain, checking the ground for footprints and calling Bjorn’s name

easier than thinking about how his actions were

I had to focus, anyway. Roots cut across the path constantly, and the ground was uneven and sometimes even slick where the rain had pooled in

think about Bjorn going out this far. I