The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna (Avery and Gideon) novel Chapter 505

I smiled faintly. “I think I do, too.”

We paused for a moment, just lingering in that open space. Despite my best efforts, a feeling of relief washed over me. It felt nice to let go. Freeing.

Tegan, noticing the exchange, nudged Gideon with his elbow. Gideon finally looked away, and I exhaled.

I was still standing there, collecting myself, when I heard the doors open again.

I turned out of habit, and my stomach dropped.

Sebastian was here.

His eyes found mine immediately. His shoulders sagged, expression softening. His lips formed my name almost silently.

“Avery.”

Across the room, I felt Gideon go still. The bond hummed again, but this time, it was anger and protectiveness that flared through it. I pressed a small, deliberate calm through it. His wariness didn’t disappear entirely, but he didn’t move yet.

I walked toward Sebastian.

We met somewhere in the middle of the room, a few feet of space between us.

“I didn’t know you were coming,” I said curtly.

“I know. I should have told you.” He glanced down briefly. “But I was afraid you would refuse to speak to me again, and I really wanted to see you.”

I didn’t answer right away.

Sebastian reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and pulled out a small, flat box. He held it out.

I looked at it for a moment before I took it and opened it slowly.

Inside, nestled against a bed of dark velvet, was a pendant. A crescent moon, silver, small and delicate, with a faint shimmer to it that caught the light from the chandeliers overhead.

“Consider it an olive branch,” Sebastian said quietly. “An apology, I suppose, for everything that happened. For what I did. For all of it.”

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