Chapter 425

That fear was real, and it had kept me alive for a decade, and I wasn’t just going to forget it because of one full moon and a kiss.

But no matter how hard I tried to push it down, that pull remained. The way he had looked at me from across the dance floor tonight, like there was no one else in the room worth looking at. The way I’d looked back.

I thought about the greenhouse, and his hands on my waist, and the fact that even now, all I could notice was the other couples around me, fresh marks and old ones renewed by the silvery pull of the full moon, and how I wished that were me.

I pressed the heel of my hand against my temple and sighed. It was just the full moon talking; I knew that. My wolf was in heat right now, but come morning, I knew I would likely wake up full of embarrassment.

At least it was better than waking up with regrets.

“You’re going to freeze.”

I turned. Sebastian was coming toward me. His jacket was off and folded over his arm. He held it out to me as he approached.

I took it.

“Thanks.” I pulled it around my shoulders, grateful for the warmth.

sit beside me and shot me a sidelong glance. “Gideon?”

first.

in front of us with one ankle crossed over the other, and tilted his

her, too,” he said. “The woman he left

have to explain yourself, Avery. It’s a full moon. Your mate is in the same building.”

to be

“I know.”

through my nose and stared

side of my face. “Sometimes mate bonds aren’t fair,” he said after a moment. “I know

heartbreak, too. He

to look at me more fully, “there’s something we could do about it.

“What

his mouth, but before he could respond,

Beta, Tegan, had appeared a few

came over quickly. “I need you to

Sebastian. “We were right

from the set of his jaw that whatever this was, it was serious. I knew him well enough to know that. “It

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