LOGIN“Yes, Dierdra?” I coaxed, “Got something to confess?” Down the table, Gideon’s head shot up, and he fixed his ‘mate’ with an amber-eyed stare. “I… need to go to the ladies’ room,” Dierdra said primly, though there was white showing around the edges of her mouth, and she dropped her napkin on the
Avery’s POV “Does anyone have anything they wish to confess?” Gideon said the words in a low voice, the way one might discuss the weather, or a favorite sports team, but the intent behind them carried all the weight of a masked man carrying a baseball bat. The effect on the table was immediate.
She would not be able to bully me again. Gideon’s POV I stared out the window of my office and watched the distant shape of Avery disappearing down towards the village. A few moments later I saw Dierdra stalking up the walk to the pack house. I was struck, not for the first time, by the way these
Avery’s POV Catching Dierdra coming back from what was clearly some sort of escapade was like Christmas come early. She had a dodgy, distracted look about her when she got out of the pack vehicle in the parking lot, and she had jumped when I had cornered her on the path. Now she tried to gesture
Concern flowed over me. After all, if the Rogue King decided that Avery was paramount to his plans, that must make Zara and I relatively more expendable. If he decided to do away with one or both of us instead, there would be little I could do to stop him. Did I need to watch my back? If Reynaud
Dierdra’s POV Avery and Gideon returned from the Alpha Ball in the middle of the night, but I didn’t see Gideon until the next day. He declined to come to my room. When I went to greet him in his office the next morning, his door was closed and I could hear conversation inside. I knocked, and A







