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?”

city. We ran into each other and the rest

cute story about

Sebastian said, “I appreciate the effort to make small

he

was a shitty facade for the truth: that Bjorn was mine, and

was in danger, and we needed to find him before this storm completely washed out all

brown through the darkness.

Sebastian said. “Maybe to avoid

“That would be the

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 painful against the skin as it pelted

and I sniffed the

Something… was up here.

A scent.

familiar scent washed over us. I glanced at Sebastian, but he didn’t

a long journey. The only other person in the world that I’d felt that way with was

a family member.

Bjorn