Avery escapes

I was still standing by the side of the River, still staring into the place where the lady was standing just a minute ago.

I was deep in thought, my mind trying to digest the words that left her mouth.

She was the one who rescued me and sent me to my former pack? But where have she been hiding for the last three years?

She seemed familiar with me, like she knew me for some time.

Her words again confirmed what Devin and Naver told me about. She knew I was the gifted one to fight the Dark Lord.

She also said that there was someone after my life in the kingdom?

But who? Did she mean Adina? Apart from Adina Strongholm, I don't think there someone else who would want me dead.

I was lost in thoughts and did not hear Gideon make his way to me.

His arms snaked around my waist as his intoxicating scent overshadowed my senses.

I felt it, making me gasp.

" Gideon! I felt it!" I exclaimed happily.

" Feel what?" Gideon sounded clueless of what I was talking about.

" The tingles!" I said just as S