Avery’s POV
The week of our wedding the cherry trees were in bloom. I watched their petals drifting to the ground from the sanctuary of my private garden. I cupped the falling flowers in my hands and smelled their sweet scent.
My mother had finally sent me a letter telling me she was safe with Sofia. She had received none of my letters and only knew the lies Zara had told her. She warned me to leave Gideon if he was mistreating me.
So much had happened that I didn’t even know where to begin writing a response.
I wasn’t sure myself where my feelings lay.
Knowing more now about Gideon’s past, it was hard not to feel for him. For that young wolf who had been raised to become a leader… and a killer.
Some of the rumors that had always swirled around the Nightwolf Alpha began to make
