LOGIN“What, and you didn’t do the same with Sebastian?” Gideon grabbed my left hand and held it up, waving it in my face so the golden ring glinted in the sunlight.I flushed and yanked my hand away. “That was different.”He raised one brow. “Enlighten me.”I opened my mouth, then closed it.“Look, “ he
Avery’s POVGideon didn’t say anything right away. Instead, he just stared at me like I had two heads. Then, with more calmness than I expected, he walked to the window and stood there with his back to me, looking out at the workers in the distant fields.Finally, he turned to look at me again. “Tha
“Loved you,” I corrected quietly.Gideon didn’t comment on that part. “Leave him,” he repeated. “Let’s fix this. Please.”I was quiet for a moment, working out how to say the next part. Then I just said it. “I’m not married to Sebastian.”Gideon was quiet.“We have an arrangement,” I said. “He offer
Avery’s POVThe sun had come up already. The birds were singing outside the window, and the scent of freshly mowed grass was in the air. Nighttime had come to its end, and morning had arrived.So did the shame. It came right after I realized that I was still on the couch with my dress rumpled around
“No.”“Good.” His member sat heavily in my palm, warm and thick and just as familiar as it had been ten years ago, that night when we met in the forest and didn’t even see each other’s faces in the shadows. It filled me just the same as it had back then, swift and deliberate and oh so delicious.Gid
Avery’s POV“I love you, Avery.” He said it again but more slowly, like he wanted to make sure each word landed with the equal amount of pressure. “I always have. And I’m sorry that I didn’t make it clear enough before. I’m sorry that I pushed you away because I was too much of a coward to say it ou
Avery’s POVI barely slept that night. Something was burning in the back of my mind.The whole interaction with Dierdra had been…off. I rose from my bed still unable to shake the feeling that something more was going on.It was hard not to second-guess my intuition. Was there actually something wron
Avery’s POV“You!” I stared, shocked at the man from my dream about being tangled in vines. I could still viscerally remember the feeling of his lips on mine as he’d stolen that kiss and left me to struggle. My eyes darted from him to the door behind him. As I watched, the one-eyed man reached down
Gideon’s POV“W-what? Your brother? The pack doctor?” Avery tilted her head, confused. The softness of… whatever she’d been doing in the moonlight was falling away as she tucked her robe around herself.“Yes. My brother. Hudson. Don’t see him.”“Ok, but why?” She acquiesced so easily that something
Sweat broke out on my brow from the sudden fever break. Somewhere in my soul, my wolf was making a low, growling purr of approval.The amplitude of the magic swirling around us increased suddenly. The magic flowing through my blood was singing, a crystalline hum, but there were other notes within it







