Gideon’s POV
“W-what? Your brother? The pack doctor?” Avery tilted her head, confused. The softness of… whatever she’d been doing in the moonlight was falling away as she tucked her robe around herself.
“Yes. My brother. Hudson. Don’t see him.”
“Ok, but why?” She acquiesced so easily that something in my core loosened. She genuinely seemed confused as to why I was asking. “He was acting strangely anyway. I wasn’t sure if I should mention it, but I don’t think I want to see him regardless.”
Her words made me want to embrace her all over again.
But she wasn’t my mate.
Best not to confuse the matter further.
“Is something wrong?” Avery asked.
“Not at all,” I said, tamping down the feelings. I didn’t want to have to explain it all. “You disappeared.”
“Ah.” She looked a bit embarr
