Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 355 Moonbound

Nathan had already been in Falindale for three days. He'd mobilized the entire werewolf underground network, but still couldn't find a trace of Tessa. He'd almost given up on the area altogether.

He never expected to suddenly catch sight of that familiar figure she turned to ash.

Seeing the Alpha like this, the beta beside him clenched his fists.

the one girl he could recognize even if

He knew what that red gleam in Nathan's eyes meant. When the wolf's mark flickered crimson like that, it was a sign the Alpha's possessiveness was nearing collapse.

The girl who had once thrown his world into chaos had returned.

The silver ring on Tessa's ring finger matched the one Nathan wore a pair of Moonchase Bonds he had forged with his own hands.

Inside the bands was a lunar incantation etched with both their blood- a bond nearly as powerful as that between true mates, allowing him to track her location through lunar phases.

Before faking her death, Tessa had deliberately destroyed the resonance stone inside the ring the core component that held the contract together. But Nathan had believed it had been broken by an outside force.

To restore the bond, he had performed a forbidden ritual- the Blood Moon Reforging- Nightshade Pack's altar, offering the blood of one hundred adult wolves in sacrifice.

at the

The ritual had released a crimson fog saturated with wild lunar energy, scorching every werewolf brand within ten miles to black ash. Even the Silvermoon Tribunal from the Council had been dispatched to investigate.

fingers with a bitter knot in his throat. The backlash from that forbidden magic had left the Alpha unable to transform for an

of the girl who vanished without a

who knew what madness

Tessa brought Landon to the front gate of Falindale

this had been her school - though her time here probably hadn't been

going

was already heading toward the side wall, clearly

kind of a big deal here back in

had the

me to give you a boost?" With Landon's skills, getting over that wall would

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with one hand, grabbed the top,

out

She grabbed his

smoothly on the

was winter break, the campus was nearly empty. They

had been Tessa's world for two years. Being back here brought a wave of

hard, living in Falindale alone." Just thinking about how she'd

up in the protection of her pack, learning basic skills, laughing, thriving... instead, she'd been thrown out

a faint smile, remembering what it had been like to arrive here all on her

to