The Heartless Alpha's Beloved Luna Novel

---- Chapter 54 | agreed with him. It was only due to Avery's quick thinking that | had been able to shake off the effects as quickly as | had. The herbal remedy had stalled the progression of the toxin long enough that my demonblood hadn't been able to fully activate. | shuddered to think what would have happened if she hadn't been there. The last thing | remembered as a human had been dancing with her. The way she looked in her gala gown had been exquisite. | truly had found myself speechless, trying to figure out what to say to her on the dance floor.

Maybe it had been the first effects of the toxins emitted by the angelica flowers, but waltzing with her across the ballroom had felt like floating on a cloud. She had felt perfect in my arms, graceful despite clearly being unused to dancing. Her eyes had been huge and sparkling in the fairy lights that had wreathed the ceremony hall. The tragedy that could have occurred wracked me to the core. | had realized something was wrong when I'd felt my bond with my wolf weakening. | had felt that feeling before...

| knew | had to get out of there, away from the crowd of my pack, before the berserker's rage hit. ---- The rest of my memories were seen through the eyes of my wolf. While normally | was linked with him on a soul-level, due to the effects of the toxin these memories were seen at more of a distance. He had truly been without me for that time, and both of us felt horrified at the sensation. | don't ever want to feel that way again, he said with sorrow. Me neither. | agreed, sending him affection in my mind, We will make sure it can't happen again. But what if it had?

And what if I'd hurt Avery? | would have had to watch, helplessly, as my wolf attacked and killed the only family | had left. 1 Whoever had done this would pay. It made me want to sweep Avery into my arms and hold her tight. My instinct to protect my pack was always there, as Alpha, but this was stronger. | wanted to protect her in a way I hadn't felt for anyone before. Why was that? | knew she wasn't my mate. Maybe she is important regardless, My wolf suggested. She is already a good Luna, and once you are married, she will be even better. ---- What does that mean?

| asked, but he maintained a smug silence. Still. He was right. She had handled the tension of the accusations thrown at her in the ceremony hall with grace. | had been impressed. At first | had considered that she might have been the one to betray me. | didn't believe, now, that she was anything more than innocent inthis. She had admitted she had secrets. Well, so did I. The question was, could we find a way to trust each other, despite our pasts. "You seem to be in a better mood," Tegan commented, placing a fresh stack of papers in front of me as | finished the first.

"Do I?" | grumbled "You do." He asserted, "Could it be because of the new Luna?" | fixed him with a stare, and he shrugged, "It just seems like you're somehow more linked than before. More in sync, emotionally." ---- Could that be true? Was | happier with Avery around? | pondered the idea "Urgent message for the Alpha!" a messenger appeared in the doorway and handed Tegan an envelope. He opened it and scanned the text.

"The captured prisoners have revealed vital information during interrogation." he looked at me triumphantly, "We finally know what they were looking for when they kidnapped our Luna.