Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 376 Chains and Silence Beneath the Surface

Tessa glanced at Nathaniel. Why was he talking so much?

Seeing that Tessa didn't want to answer, Ysabel jumped in. "Nathaniel, you talk way too much. Seriously- shut up and cat. I'm starving over here."

Nathaniel opened his mouth to speak, but when he saw Tessa's expression, he backed off.

Forget it. If the alpha wasn't asking questions, why should he stick his nose in?

Landon politely pulled out a chair for Tessa.

She sat down, and Landon took the seat beside her.

As for Nathaniel's question, Landon acted like he hadn't even heard it. Throughout the meal, he kept serving Tessa food and pouring her soup.

From the moment he picked her up today, she'd been acting off.

Of course, Landon knew she was hiding something from him. But if she didn't want to talk, he wasn't going to pry. But he wasn't the kind of man to force answers out of her.

she wanted to talk, he'd listen. If

that, she finally felt at ease-for

iron links soaked in

in his eyes, barely contained. The proud alpha of the Frost

poured that glass of wine earlier, he thought she was backing

through his limbs, he knew— She'd laced the wine

chains cut into his wrists, he realized he'd let his guard down. How could he have forgotten? The girl he once locked in a lab and injected with wolf- spirit mutagens was no longer a puppet. Every smile, every moment of weakness... had been a trap, poisoned

handkerchief soaked in Landon's pheromones right in his face. "Try coming near

The bond mark they shared on the back of his neck was

truth. He wanted to summon the Frost Pack's wolf spirit, rip the

curse. He couldn't move a single finger. All he could do

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the chandelier as it blurred above him, his vision swallowed by rage... until everything

humiliated, surrounded by untouched dishes. Meanwhile, in the room next door,

say it aloud, but come on-anyone could tell something was up with

guess what Landon's thinking." Hudson

ever.