The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 396

Gideon’s POV

The rain was coming down hard enough now that I could barely see ten feet ahead of me without the flashlight.

Sebastian was keeping pace just beside me without saying anything. We moved north, toward the creek bed I’d mentioned to Avery. I kept my flashlight low and my eyes on the ground.

There were no signs of Bjorn.

“How long have you known her?” I suddenly asked. I cringed a little the moment the words came out of my mouth, but I needed more information on their so-called “relationship”, and now was as good a time as any. It wasn’t often that I got to be alone with Sebastian, so I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.

Sebastian glanced at me. “What?”

“Avery,” I said. “How long have you known her?”

“Long enough.”

I waited to see if he would say more, but he didn’t.

“Where did you meet?”

kept walking. “The human city. We ran into each other and

you must have some kind of a cute story about how you met, or your first

“I appreciate the effort to make small talk,

son, he

think Bjorn was his, and that this whole thing was a shitty facade for the truth: that Bjorn was mine, and Avery was lying for some reason, and that she was being too stubborn

wasn’t the time. Regardless of whose son Bjorn might be, he was in danger, and we needed to find

speaking. The creek bed came into view eventually, swollen from the rain and running fast and brown through the darkness. I checked both banks and found nothing. Sebastian scanned the area, then shined his

could have gone uphill,” Sebastian

nodded. “That would be the smart

ridge took about fifteen minutes to climb properly without breaking an ankle. I went first, slipping on the muddy switchbacks, and Sebastian followed. The wind was worse up here, whipping through without any of the trees to slow it down. The rain grew cold and almost

reached the top, and I sniffed

Something… was up here.

A scent.

washed over us. I

person in the world that I’d felt that way with was Avery, although this was slightly different. It

like… a family member.

Bjorn