Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

"I'm not nervous..."

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Though Tessa wore a smile, the tips of her cars were flushed bright red. "That's impossible. But just like you said-whether or not we're fated mates, we'll still be each other's only one."

So even with her heart pounding, she still had the mind to tease him.

Her fingers trailed up the back of Landon's neck, raking lightly through his short hair. As they curled around the base of his neck, she deliberately let her nails scrape over his sensitive skin. The moment he inhaled sharply, she leaned in and brushed a kiss against the corner of his lips. "But more than nerves... I'm looking forward to how your pheromones will feel on my gland"

At her unmistakable hint, Landon's pupils trembled; his arms tightened fiercely around her, as though he wanted to fuse her into his own body.

"Tessa, don't tempt me. I won't be able to hold back," he growled, Adam's apple bobbing, his eyes were dark with restrained desire.

If she kept pushing him like this, he really would lose control and press her down into the snow, claiming her in the raw, primal way of wolves...

a quiet laugh. “Then don't

up her mind-now that she was of age, she wasn't going to suppress her physical desire for him any

not letting you go." Landon's voice turned

eyes lifted, her tongue flicking lightly across her bottom lip. "We'll see

of Tessa. His throat moved as he dropped soft

hand to her chest, letting him feel the rapid beat of her heart, excitement and nervousness

countdown began, she slowly closed her eyes. She could feel Emma nuzzling close to Flex in their shared consciousness; their pheromones surged like a tidal wave across the snowy ground, transforming the space into a

Tessa's pupils contracted sharply-because in Landon's eyes, a surge of

thousand shards of crystal;

a tremor more instinctive than breathing-like stardust aligning at last; like

weathered through countless lifetimes, burst into being with a force that tightened her throat until all she could hear was her heartbeat pounding like a drum. At the same time, a

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