The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna (Avery and Gideon) novel Chapter 370

Chapter 370

“And because you were surrounded by humans, no one could replace the mark,” Sebastian added.

“Something like that.”

That was the easier explanation, anyway.

Truthfully, there were plenty of werewolf men in the human lands who tried to get close to me over the years. This wasn’t the first conversation about my mate bond that I’d had with a man; I never went into specifics with others, not like I did with Sebastian, but I’d had a couple of offers to replace my mark with a fresh one, severing my bond with Gideon, over the past ten years.

I always declined, telling myself that I just preferred being single. But the truth was, I was lonely. I hadn’t been intimate with a man in a decade, and it weighed on me. I wasn’t immune to the painful feelings of being alone with only my right hand for company at night.

But no matter how many times I tried having one night stands, it never worked. The one time I came close to it, I had to send the guy home before we even took our clothes off. My wolf had gone wild and desperate, begging me not to do it, and I just… couldn’t.

I didn’t want to tell myself that it was because I still loved Gideon. I didn’t. But no matter which way I cut it, I was still bound to him through this mark. 1

Not for much longer, I supposed. He would marry Fiona soon, mark her, and then it would all be over.

I liked to think that I would finally be free then. That I could finally move on and find real love. Someone who actually loved me, not just for what I could give them, but for me.

I looked up, noticing that Sebastian was still staring at me, His gaze was soft; he was just observing me quietly, not waiting for me to speak or expecting me to tell him more. I appreciated that about him.

Suddenly, his phone buzzed on the table. He picked it up and groaned, standing. “I have to take this,” he said, “You don’t mind waiting here for a few minutes, do you?”

But fate was never so kind to me.

“Avery?” She spotted me immediately and strutted over, stopping a couple of feet away from my table. “What are you doing here?”

Before I could answer, her gaze flicked to the empty spot beside me, the unfinished wine in Sebastian’s glass, the second set of untouched utensils and the fact that I was eating the lava cake all by myself.

She stuck her lower lip out as if already deciding what she had seen.

“Oh. You got stood up, didn’t you?” she asked. She reached out, patting my shoulder sympathetically. “It’s alright. I know it’s hard, being a fresh divorcee from the human lands. But someday, you’ll find someone who will actually want to stay with you for once.”