The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 400

Chapter 400

Avery’s POV

I supposed I should have expected that question by now.

I just didn’t think it would come at this exact moment.

For a moment, I almost considered coming up with another pretty lie; that Gideon was not Bjorn’s father. That Bjorn’s father was an astronaut, or a king, or something fantastical that was too far away to reach. The kind of thing I might have told him when he was too little for it to really make much of a difference.

But as Bjorn looked at me with that face that had always been beyond his years, those knowing eyes that looked too much like Gideon’s for comfort, I just…

I knew I couldn’t lie. Not now. Not to him.

It wouldn’t be right if I did.

I took a breath and turned to face him fully. “Do you want the truth?” I asked. “Or do you want the easy answer?”

“The truth,” Bjorn said immediately. “Always the truth.”

“Even if it hurts?”

He nodded.

I exhaled, scratching my head, then moved back over to the tub. There was a small footstool there, which

I pulled out to sit on. I hesitated for a moment, wondering where to begin.

Finally, I decided to just go for it.

“Yes,” I said. “Gideon is your father.”

Bjorn’s whole face lit up like the sun. “I knew it!” He threw his hands out of the water so fast that it splashed me. “I knew he was my dad! I felt it from the very first moment I saw him!”

didn’t respond to that. Just dried my face with the back of my hand

he gave me a wary look. “So… What now?” he asked. “Are we gonna move in with him? He can teach me how to be an

looked at my lap. “Bjorn, I’m… not sure if that’s the

He

I have a very complicated past. I’m not sure if we can love

doesn’t

in the packs, where social status and political connections are the most important

don’t love him, then why would that stop

pride in that. Even when Gideon and I

now,” Bjorn pointed

does. That doesn’t mean it’s

with his brow furrowed. I could tell he

want a dad. A real one. But if you don’t want him, then I

took me by surprise. After everything, I’d almost expected Bjorn to want to go with his father if it came to that-like many kids of broken families did, I thought he might choose the “fun”, exciting parent

mean

I know we fight sometimes, but I know you way better than Gideon, and

that’s…

He looked at me. “But… can

“Go for it, kiddo.”

I still spend time with my dad? I want to get to know him. I feel this connection to him, and it kinda hurts when we’re apart. I’d like to get a chance to hang out with him more, if that’s

little. But then I thought about Gideon finding him in this storm.

it,” I said.

“That just means

this time,” I assured him, standing. “I just

“Okay.”

when I stopped by the doorway and glanced at

“Oh, and Bjorn?”

“Hmm?”

Flona. Even if you spend more time with Gideon, I don’t want you going near

“Sure. Whatever.”

left and limped back downstairs. Sebastian had apparently showered and changed, and was now sitting by the fireplace in the living room, shivering with a cup in his hands. He looked

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255