Masuk“Such disrespect!” one Luna exclaimed from the sidelines. “No Alpha would put up with such treatment,” snorted another man. “The Nightwolf Alpha must punish her now.”Dierdra seemed to realize that she had made a horrendous mistake in showing such discourtesy in such a public arena. Instead of apo
Avery’s POVThe tug of Gideon’s arm around me, his hand on my waist, tethered me to him as he drew me out of danger and spun me into the dance seamlessly. And just like that, it felt like the pressure that had been building up within me released. The danger I had felt on all sides fell away, and my
As the day moved along, the approaches became more predatory. Men sat around me at dinner, and did not speak to me, only stared at me openly while they chewed their food. They ogled my body, sniffed the air in the wake of my passing, and I found myself watching the exits and scanning passageways bef
Avery’s POV“Homewrecker.” The phrase was spit at me by a woman I didn’t know, right after I entered the ballroom on the second night of the Alpha Ball. I stared at her in confusion and consternation. The Luna’s face was twisted with hate, and she glared at me after she lobbed her insults like a g
Gideon’s POV“Was it you?”Avery’s question rang in my ears even as I strode down the hall after Dierdra. The way she had said it… Unsure, tentative. She acted like she hadn’t known. Yes. It was me. The fact that she didn’t know that for certain got under my skin like an itch. Who had she though
Even standing in all the fallout of my actions, I could not feel remorse for the act itself, only the complications surrounding it. Because the act had been glorious. I had never felt so alive, so connected with someone, as I had in these two occasions when my heat had surged through me. So what







