The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna (Avery and Gideon) novel Chapter 73

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Avery’s POV

I stared in disbelief at the jacket tossed on my bed. It was clearly Gideon’s, but the room reeked of a familiar perfume, and the note that had been sitting on top of the leather left no room for guesswork.

“Dear Avery,

Oops, I did it again.

Guess you just can’t keep a man to save your life. Are you even trying? Your Alpha was practically begging for me after having to deal with you for a few weeks. I just had to let him get a taste. He was soooo thirsty.

I guess Nightwolf pack might get a new Silvermoon Luna after all.

I would be gone before that happens, if I were you.

Xoxo

Zara”

What did this mean? Had Zara slept with Gideon?

I couldn’t believe it, but here was his jacket, saturated with her perfume.

Panic pounded in my ears. The room swam around me. My thoughts were scattered as my eyes scanned the note over and over again.

I wanted to believe that this couldn’t happen again, that I was safe here. But it was becoming obvious that I would never be safe so long as Zara knew where I was. Even if she was lying, she was devious and persistent, and it was only a matter of time before she did manage to ruin my life again.

And why wouldn’t Gideon consider her as his Luna instead? She had all the same advantages I had to fulfill his traditional requirements. She would probably be happy to do it, whether he had a true mate out there or not!

Zara had never let being a homewrecker stop her yet.

I supposed it was admirable, in a fucked up way. She went after whatever she wanted with all she had. And here I was, trying to play it safe in the middle.

Would I ever just choose for my own happiness and stop trying to please people who kept hurting me?

The thought cut me to my core. I had wanted to believe, after seeing how he ran his pack, that Gideon was some rare sort of honorable Alpha.

But he wasn’t.

He was just doing what he needed to do, and he didn’t care if my life was destroyed in the process either.

Hot tears spilled from my eyes and I wiped them on the back of my hand angrily.

“Congratulations, Zara. You got in my head.” I whispered, dropping the note on the floor and going to my closet.

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I pulled out a duffel bag and starting throwing the few things I cared about taking with me into it. I couldn’t stay here any longer. I was just a bird in a cage.

I scribbled a note to my mother, telling her where I was going. I would swing into town and mail it, then stop by the kitchens and see if I could secretly pack some travel supplies.

I was sad to be leaving. There were people here, like Anna and Madelyn, that I would miss. I would have to leave my herbal and apothecary books, but I’d been making some shorthand notes that would be just as useful and much more portable.

I headed for my still room to grab some of the simple medicinal potions I had been working on. As I got to the bottom of the stairs I heard Gideon coming out of his office above me and I quickly scurried out of his line of sight.

I didn’t want to see him.

Just thinking about him and Zara together made me feel nauseous. I didn’t want to look into his face and see there his betrayal, the way I had with Ryan.

Or worse, his indifference.

Tegan’s POV

Following the Luna was ridiculously easy. It was obvious that she had no bush craft training, or any idea how to

hide her trail.

She marched resolutely down the forest path like she owned the place.

I wondered where she was going at this time of night. The moon was just rising but it was already late in the night.

I had been trailing her since she had snuck out the door of the pack house and right past where I was keeping

watch.

Gideon had told me to keep an eye on her. I guess she had been dodging him for two days, and he was sure she was up to something.

Sure enough, she was.

I just had no idea what.

She had a duffel bag over one shoulder that bulged with… stuff. Clothes maybe? And my nose picked up the fragrance of food. A bit of roast chicken and cheese, perhaps. And herbs.

Made me hungry.

She was dressed for travel, in boots and sturdy clothing. Her hood was drawn up on her jacket which was convenient as it blocked her view of me in her periphery.

I wondered if she knew that we had been going in circles. We’d passed this part of the trail at least twice.

Finally, she struck off in a new direction and I kept pace a quarter of a mile behind her. Normally, tracking like this was a bit tricky, but she was noisy as she walked.

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And also her scent… There was just something very unique about the way the Luna smelled. I couldn’t describe it. It was like the scent of getting home and knowing that something good was cooking. It didn’t matter what it was; it was more like knowing that someone was there and looking out for you.

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