Dierdra’s POV
Avery and Gideon returned from the Alpha Ball in the middle of the night, but I didn’t see Gideon until the next day.
He declined to come to my room.
When I went to greet him in his office the next morning, his door was closed and I could hear conversation inside. I knocked, and Avery stepped out. She fixed me with a cool smile, but didn’t say anything other than, “I’ll report back,” to Gideon before wandering down the hall and out of sight.
I ducked into Gideon’s office with a slow-building panic in my stomach.
“I missed you,” I said, and it was somewhat truthful, “You didn’t come to bed when you got home.”
Gideon was powerful, and easy on the eyes, and when he was around I had a focus for my fractious nature. He helped center me, in that when he was around, I alwa
