Chapter 424

Avery’s POV

The dancing helped. For a little while, at least.

Sebastian had a way of making things feel lighter, and by the time we had spun through our third song, my cheeks ached from laughing and I had almost forgotten about the greenhouse, and Gideon, and the way my wolf had been clawing at the walls of my heart like a rabid animal all evening.

Almost.

But not quite.

She wanted Gideon. That was all that mattered. Despite everything that had happened between us, none

of it mattered a lick to my wolf, so long as she got him.

At first, I tried to focus on dancing with Sebastian. Then, I tried to focus on drinks and food and laughing at anything and everything.

Gideon became. And no matter how hard I tried not to let it happen, my eyes kept drifting toward him, seeking him out in the crowd like an arrow seeking its

talking to someone with a drink in his hand while I rested my feet in a chair. I had kicked off my shoes under my gown, feeling the cold tiles beneath

couple slip off the dance floor. I saw a man pressing his lips to the mark on

moon nights always carried,

the guests turning into a churning sea that was

gaze landed on

My stomach dropped.

another woman. Leaning on her. Slipping out

feet. Sebastian turned to me in my periphery, but I was too busy staring at the door they had just walked through, now falling

“You alright?” Sebastian asked.

snapping back to reality. “Er… Yeah.” I licked my

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