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."

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,

thick fur blankets, a star projector, and a metal case stamped with the Nightshade Pack crest-it was his

her breath. The forest floor beyond was blanketed in bioluminescent moss that glowed soft blue beneath their steps. In the distance, a frozen lake shimmered with starlike ice

making the entire lake ripple like a flowing galaxy. It felt like a secret sanctuary untouched by

Lake-sacred 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

two steaming cups of cocoa, and a handcrafted box of werewolf chess

up one of the pieces. "So we're camping

frosting decorated with eighteen star-shaped candles. “I was going to wait till midnight, but I was worried someone might start gnawing on wolf fur if they got too hungry. Word is, someone

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instant. "Did Grandpa send you a message again? He kept

her a slice of cake. "Come on, eat.

bite. The taste of strawberry jam mingled with the piney air on

followed her finger but found his gaze lingering on her instead. Her hair had caught a bit of frosting, and under the moonlight, it sparkled

put into

deepened; the

appeared across the snowy ground, and

arm, watching glowing butterflies flicker across the "sky" on the snow. She suddenly felt the gland at the

dying to meet your wolf... but he's never been able to sense her," Landon said suddenly, his voice husky. He took her hand and pressed it against his chest. "Ever since we entered the forest, he's been ramming my mental barrier like a pup looking for his