Avery and Heartless Gideon: A Werewolf Romance

The Old Luna’s office turned out to be a rather cramped corner of the ground floor, filled with stacks of file folders, invoices, and boxes that were labeled to go to different Nightwolf industries. Gianna, Gideon’s mother, the Olg Lama, was seated behind the desk, reading, papers and wearing reading glasses. She looked up when…

I decided to go for a short walk, stretch a bit, check the time, then come back and finish. When I emerged, I was surprised to find it was well into the middle of the night. The waxing crescent moon was already sinking below the trees. I stood for a bit in the chilly spring…

I crawled across the floor on hands and knees to pluck it up. It was a hair. A long, blonde, hair. I remembered the only person I’d met so far who had long golden hair like this. Jessica. She was as predictable as she was vicious. I rose to my feet and let the hair…

“You think you can attack me? Human. You’re just a pathetic stray.” she spat in my face. “Stray I may be, but I can still kick your ass.” I hissed, twisting to look at her. I raised my hand and slashed at her. I didn’t have true wolf claws I could manifest, but my nails…

So I just stared at the pies, cakes, and cookies longingly as we continued on. Finally we arrived at the main Pack house, but Gideon didn’t release me. Instead he led me down the main floor hallway. We stopped outside his door and he unlocked it, then pushed me inside. I had never been in…

“N-n-nooo?” I had surprising difficulty finding that answer. “No. I’m not going to punish you.” Gideon said finally. “…why not? I hurt a subordinate in your territory.” He sighed and didn’t answer for a long moment. When he did, he didn’t answer directly, but instead told me a story. “When I was learning to be…

All I knew for sure is that someone here in Nightwolf was a traitor. Avery’s POV What I had overheard was troubling, and I wasn’t sure what to do with the information. Although Nightwolf on the whole seemed better run than Silvermoon, there were still those who resented Gideon’s leadership as Alpha. And certainly wolves…

I turned my head to see a handsome man wearing an eyepatch. He was sitting on a branch nearby, watching me. “Help me?” I requested. The vines were starting to cut off my air. But the eyepatch man just sat, smoking a cigarette, watching me struggle. “The system isn’t built to help.” He said cryptically,…

The Old Luna swept past with a smile and said, “Well done. Everything looks great!” Which was such a nice compliment that it made all the long hours of work feel worth it. The dance floor was filling up as evening fell. I stood watching the dancers and admiring their graceful movements. Still, I felt…

The wolf whined, then butted me with his head. It was like getting hugged by a wrecking ball, and shoved me off my feet onto the ground. I stared up at the wolf standing over me, then slowly climbed to my feet, maintaining eye contact. I had to think. I had to find some way…