Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 397 Wolves Wanna Meet

Tessa dashed out the door, and Landon was already there, arms wide open to welcome her.

She threw herself into his embrace, unable to hide the joy on her face. "Why are you here so early?"

"I couldn't wait to be alone with you. It's your eighteenth birthday-your coming- of-age ceremony. I didn't want to miss a single second of it."

Tessa understood exactly how he felt, because she'd been looking forward to this too.

"Where are we going?"

"Get in the car," Landon said, without answering directly. He simply opened the passenger door for her.

Tessa didn't press him; she trusted Landon completely and handed this most important day of her life over to him without hesitation.

Landon got in and started the engine.

Tessa watched the snowflakes spinning past the window, and suddenly noticed that the car's fragrance had changed to her favorite pinewood scent. The seat was warmed to a perfectly cozy degrees, and even her usual jazz playlist was playing on loop.

The car left Navoris city limits, heading toward the quiet outskirts. The snowfall grew heavier the farther they drove.

"We're here."

than an hour later, the car came to a stop at the edge of a forest near the Navoris border. Behind a wall of snow-covered pines, a

out thick fur blankets, a star projector, and a metal case stamped with

held her breath. The forest floor beyond was blanketed in bioluminescent moss that glowed soft blue beneath their steps. In

felt like a secret sanctuary untouched by the outside world. Even as snow continued to fall, the stars and moon above remained vividly

land of the Nightshade Pack," Landon explained while spreading out the blankets and tucking Tessa into a double-sized fur sleeping bag. “Only on days of major rites can anyo enter.

opened the metal case to reveal a perfectly preserved strawberry cake, two steaming cups of

up one of the pieces. "So we're camping now? You really went all

was going to wait till midnight, but I was worried someone might start gnawing

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in an instant. "Did Grandpa send you a message again?

her a slice of

of strawberry jam mingled with the piney air on her tongue. She suddenly pointed upward. "Look! The Big Dipper is right

gaze lingering on her instead. Her hair had caught a bit

put into words. "The seven stars of the Big Dipper-they match the

deepened; the

propped the star projector onto a tree branch. A swirling star map appeared across the

his arm, watching glowing butterflies flicker across the "sky" on the snow. She suddenly felt the gland at the back of her neck begin to heat up.

husky. He took her hand and pressed it against his chest. "Ever since we entered the forest, he's