Chapter 248
Chapter 248
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Gideon’s POV
Heartbreak was not a feeling I had experienced before. So unfamiliar that I still wasn’t certain what was going on, I just knew that there was a pain in my chest that made me irritable, wistful, angry, and sad all
at the same time.
Stupid, stubborn woman!
Never had I encountered a person so determined to make themselves miserable. Here, I was offering her everything I had. My whole heart, my pack, my life, and she rejected it all. Whatever her reasons, it was obvious she was suffering as much as I was, and still she would not relent to let me in. (1
Underneath all of my frustration was the bone-deep hurt of rejection. I had spent my whole life building myself up to defy others’ expectations. For the most part, I had succeeded. I was one of the youngest, most powerful Alphas over one of the largest and most powerful packs.
So to be rejected by a slip of a girl that I had rescued from truly horrendous circumstances stung. I hadn’t sought out anyone else’s approval in years, and yet there was a small part of me that wanted to do whatever was necessary to ensure that Avery felt for me the same way I felt for her.
That impulse was terrifying, because it was not based on the principles I had followed for most of my life. The unspoken rules of leadership and power that said that I had to be the best, and that I couldn’t show anyone else weakness.
She drove me crazy. With the discovery of my mark on her neck, I had thought of little else except claiming her as my own over and over. My pride was bruised each time she rejected my advances.
So I sought the place where I could once more feel the way I was accustomed to.
I attended the she-wolf bachelorette party.
Nominally this was a social function where the young women who were preparing to enter the Annual Mating Ceremony would gather and celebrate and chit-chat and share information about the men, gossip, and get advice from older women.
In practice, it was an opportunity for the women to get together and ogle and flirt with the men who dared to step foot into this club full of man-eaters.
My arrival had the same effect as a cow carcass being thrown into a river full of piranhas.
I was swarmed within seconds by very beautiful, very giggly, and very tipsy women who all were delighted to discover their Alpha in their midst. With inhibitions low, there were more than a few offers of company for the ceremony, or even just this night.
I was in the middle of politely deflecting their invitations when I noticed Avery arrive.
To my irritation, she ignored my presence completely. Instead, she went to stand next to one of the few warriors in attendance, a handsome and powerful wolf named Julien who was known to be something of
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a ladies-man. I bit the inside of my cheek as I saw her sway towards him, a drink in her hand.
My eyes narrowed as her hand brushed against his shoulder, and I saw Julien turn towards her with an appreciative glance down at her dress. A low growl was starting up in my throat.
“It’s so cute,” I heard one of the girls giggle, and I turned to look at them to see a gaggle of young women all staring at me from behind their cups.
“You’re completely besotted, Alpha,” one laughed, “you can’t keep your eyes off of your Luna! It’s so
romantic p>
Irritation flooded through me as the young women swooned and teased.
“She’s playing a dangerous game though,” another said, “Julien will take her up on it, if she gives him a fair offer. That man has never said no to a pretty face yet p>
“Is that so,” I growled, preparing to march over there.
“Well, I always say, fight fire with fire,” one of the girls purred, putting her hand on my arm to stay me, “If
you want to make her jealous, why don’t you and I go somewhere else p>
As her friends crowed at her audacity, she gave me a cheeky, dimpled smile.
“Perhaps another time,” I said, peeling her fingers off my arm politely, “I’m a handful anyways. Spare yourself the trouble p>
“More than one handful, if the rumors are true,” she quipped, glancing down.
1 stepped away from their peals of laughter and marched towards my wayward Luna. She and Julien
were laughing about something or other as I appeared, but their voices quickly died out at the look on my
face.
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