Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 400 Tongue Maps

The next second, Landon's kiss crashed down on her. It was wild-utterly out of control..

His tongue pried her mouth open with unrelenting force, claiming her breath inch by inch, like he was determined to drown her in the waves of all the restraint and yearning he'd bottled up until now.

Tessa threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back with equal fervor, pouring all her joy and relief into it.

The crystal ice of Starfall Lake trembled with a high-pitched hum. Meteor fragments from the lakebed rose into the air, forming a spiraling star map in the night sky-cach glowing point like a sprinkle of golden dust blessing their kiss.

In the distance, a pine branch cracked under the weight of snow; startled glimmerfinches burst into flight, flitting over their heads. Phosphorescent dust from their tail feathers landed in Tessa's hair, scattering like crushed diamonds.

They kissed until they were both gasping for breath, their warm exhales mingling and vanishing into the forest chill.

Suddenly, Landon hooked his arm behind Tessa's knees and lifted her off the ground, turning to press her against the trunk of an ancient snow cedar.

The moment her legs wrapped around his waist, she could feel it-his raw, simmering wolf strength thrumming through him, barely held back by fabric. His wolf soul was trembling with ecstatic joy.

her neck, biting and grazing until it reached her collarbone. He finally paused just above the gland at the back of her neck, where his canines teased the skin-like a rehearsal for

involuntary moan slipped from the corners of

of her delicate neck. Moonlight bathed her racing pulse in silver; Landon's tongue followed that shimmer like a path, drawing the scent of

do this for so long..." Landon's voice was low and ragged, vibrating against her skin and sending shivers down her spine. "I've wanted to kiss you like this... to make you mine... to cover every y inch of you with my

mouth returned to hers, slower this

the corner of her lips to their soft peaks, from the ridges of her teeth to the

clutching at the hair at

corners of their entwined lips, but they clung to each other like

a sharp crack;

of their kiss. They both gasped and blinked, eyes

looked at each other-then, at the exact same moment,

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Chapter 400 Tongue Maps

mouth, then threw his head back and let out a long how into the sky. It didn't sound like an Alpha's warning call;

Wolf emerged behind him. Jet-black fur began to ripple out