The Heartless Alpha's Beloved Luna Novel

---- Chapter 91 | returned to my room and flipped through the books Sofia had given me. | was looking for inspiration, something that would give me insight into my situation. There were sections on divination that were interesting, but | didn't want to know the future, | just wanted to have a future. There were love spells a-plenty as well. | was flipping past them when one caught my eye. 'To call a mate to you'. It was not quite what | needed, but perhaps | could modify it...

| studied a while longer, then gathered up the supplies | needed and returned to the sanctuary Gideon had given me that night. Returning to the garden alone felt like sneaking into another world. I locked the gate behind me and looked around in satisfaction. The second night of the full moon was windy with clouds scudding across the sky. | hoped my candles wouldn't blow out, but | had brought jars to nestle them into where the flames would be protected. | laid out my supplies on a large flat rock.

Finding some of the ingredients had been difficult, and | had spent most of the day running errands in the village hunting them down. | would really have to increase my stores in my little still-room to make sure | would have these ingredients on hand in the future. ---- Once everything was laid out, | lit the twin candles | had carved in my room earlier. | daubed each with the oil | had mixed, and held them both in my hands.

"The moon is full, the hour late, | send my power beyond the gate, To draw those who are bound by fate, Deliver now the missing mate!" | wrapped a ribbon around the two forms, one of which I had inscribed with Gideon's name. The other, representing his missing mate, | tied tightly to him. Then | grabbed my shovel and buried the figures beneath the large oak tree. | prayed for the Moon Goddess' blessing as | covered them with dirt. | couldn't tell if the magic was working or not. According to the book, it could take weeks to return a result.

| would just have to trust that things were in motion In a little over a week, Gideon and | would be married. | had spent the rest of the afternoon dodging the assistants of the Old Luna who wanted to confirm all sorts of details | didn't care about. ---- To me, this was just a glorified promotion in a career path | hadn't chosen. It didn't feel like a wedding because it wasn't a real marriage. There were no declarations of love, nor would there ever be. | was just being brought in-line with Gideon's vision of what a successful Nightwolf Alpha should have. One Silvermoon Bride. Check.

One Luna. Check. Those looking for emotional ties need not apply | wished I was less of a good person. | knew Zara wouldn't have hesitated in my shoes to try and seduce Gideon, hell, she'd already tried. She wouldn't give a damn that he had a mate out there already. Maybe | should do the same, and damn the consequences. But | couldn't bring myself to do that. To try and steal some other woman's destined love. So... this magic spell was really for him. | would bring his mate to him, and then he would have everything he needed and | could be free.

| should have felt relief at the idea, but all | felt was the tightness of my throat and the burning in my eyes from trying not to cry. "Goodbye, Gideon." ---- My quiet farewell was cut into by the sudden blaring of a siren. | slipped out of the garden and headed up towards the pack house just in time to see an ambulance pulling away. "What happened?" | asked as | ran up to the house. The response chilled me to the bone. "The Alpha attacked his brother."