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.
night sky, the more potent my wolf’s desire for Gideon became. And no matter how hard
I had moved to one of the tables. He was standing nearby, talking to someone with a drink in his hand while I rested my feet in a chair. I had kicked
to the mark on his mate’s neck in the middle of a conversation. Off to the side, a woman was pulling her partner by the hand toward the
electric quality that full moon nights always carried, and even the musicians had begun
scanned the crowd. I saw movement everywhere, the guests turning into a churning sea that was difficult to make sense of.
gaze landed
My stomach dropped.
with another woman. Leaning on
thinking, I was on my feet. Sebastian turned to me in my periphery, but I was too busy staring at
“You alright?” Sebastian asked.
back to reality. “Er… Yeah.” I licked
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