LOGINI looked away. I didn’t answer; I couldn’t. My throat felt too choked up, not just from my injuries, but from all of it.“Why did you keep him from me?” Gideon’s voice was barely above a whisper. “All these years, and my son was right here. Why did you lie to me?”I opened my mouth, then closed it a
Avery’s POV“Why isn’t it healing?”“She took a direct hit from an Alpha. The scar may be permanent…”The pain radiated from my face, spreading down my jaw and into my neck. I tried to open my eyes, but even that hurt. The light filtering through my eyelids was too bright, making me wince.Someone w
She didn’t answer right away; she just kept staring at the ring with her jaw clenched in that way I’d never seen it before. For someone like Melissa to look so worried, when she was usually calm and smiling, made my blood run cold.“Melissa,” I said.She finally looked at me. “I’m worried about Gide
Avery’s POVGideon and Sebastian collided in the center of the ring in a tangle of fists and claws. The sound of flesh hitting flesh echoed through the courtyard, punctuated by grunts and snarls that made me flinch each time.The two Alphas moved as a blur across the ring, wolves surging forward, cl
Avery’s POVThe sun was just starting to rise by the time Claire and I pulled into the driveway at Evergreen.I killed the engine and sat there for a second, gripping the steering wheel. My hands were shaking. I hadn’t slept. I hadn’t eaten. I’d spent the entire drive back replaying what Tegan had t
Bjorn was mine.My son.And Avery had kept him from me.The anger came fast and hot, flooding through my chest. My hands curled into fists at my sides.Sebastian noticed my expression, and his lips curled just a little. “It makes you angry, doesn’t it?” he asked. “Almost makes you want to take him a
Avery’s POV The ride back to Nightwolf Village was tense in every imaginable sense of the word. We had all come in a single car, and Gideon did not call for another, but he directed Dierdra to sit up front with the driver and he sat in the back with me. “I trust you can survive the trip back wi
“It’s sad when one of our best Alphas succumbs to weakness,” Reynaud feigned tragedy, frowning as he stared at Gideon across the floor, “and I wish I could say that I hadn’t seen this coming, but sadly, the signs have been all too clear.” Now Reynaud spun to address the crowd who had begun to murmu
Avery’s POVThe sun was setting on another day of hard work. I stretched wearily, feeling my shirt draw tight over chafed skin. My shoulders and back ached from bending low over my tasks. I walked over to my water bottle and chugged it, grateful for the cool water.I was eager to collapse into my be
Jessica stared at me for a long moment, then inclined her head, “Go on.” “I am leaving the pack on a business trip for a few weeks,” I said, and saw her nod. She had known this already, “Dierdra is staying behind. I need someone to keep tabs on her and let me know what she does in my absence.” “Yo







