The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 404

Avery’s POV

I had just barely recovered from that morning’s run-in with Gideon. The way he had played with Bjorn, so sure and steady, kept flickering through my mind like those few moments in the backyard were playing on a movie reel.

More than that, I kept thinking about the ease with which he caught the ball before it hit my face. The tender look in his eyes that made my wolf purr with contentment when she had been very much not content for a decade.

And everything that happened after that.

I didn’t know how to feel about any of it anymore. Not him, or his relationship to my son, or my own feelings.

That was becoming more and more common lately. And after a decade of being so sure I had made all the right decisions in my life, it was starting to piss me off. 1

walking toward town. I rarely

town was bustling at this hour. The little market square was full of vendors selling all kinds of goods, everything from

tested some wine and decided it was worth purchasing, so I bought a bottle to surprise Sebastian with later at dinner. I was just browsing a booth selling handmade jewelry when I felt a strangely familiar presence beside

said, stepping back a little when I saw the sun-tanned shoulders and honey-colored hair piled up behind a paisley bandana. “Fancy seeing you

held them up beside my face. She scrunched

face shape,” she said, holding them out to me. They were small and delicate. I took them, and upon closer inspection, I could see

asked. Melissa nodded, and I paid for

wicker basket she was holding in her arms. It was empty.

admit I don’t

nodded her head toward the path leading away from the market. “I was just heading to the community

large, fenced-off plot of land with various subsections in it. Raised garden beds were thriving with plants, gazebos hung heavy with potted