Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 406 Coming of Age Under Moonlight

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When they got back to Wisteria Apartment, Landon didn't waste a second. He scooped her up again, carried her straight into the bathroom, and stepped into the shower with her, hands moving slow and tender as he washed her off himself.

But the second his fingers brushed her waist, Tessa leaned in and bit his neck- soft but sharp enough to tease him.

Hot water slid down their skin as she glanced at the faint bite mark still on his collarbone. Without warning, she hooked her arm around his neck and kissed him there, lips pressing against his skin like a promise.

That's when the shower stopped being just a shower.

Steam curled around them like a veil, but the sounds weren't innocent anymore- wet skin slapping, bodies grinding, moans bouncing off the tile. The water kept running, but so did they.

By the time they finally stepped out wrapped in towels, the clock was already ticking past two.

Landon dropped her gently onto the bed, but she was too busy smirking at the fresh scratch marks she'd carved into his hips to stop giggling.

He growled and caught her fingertip between his teeth, voice rough with need he still hadn't burned through.

"Laugh all you want, but if you keep teasing me, you won't be getting any rest."

brushing

easing up, and the moon, along with a sky full of impatient stars, had already risen-like the heavens

pulled up to the Nightshade Pack's

gave him a side-eye, one

rogue without a pack. I don't think I'm even

said without hesitation. "Everything under my rule already belongs to you. They'll kneel, or they'll get out of the

to the entrance, eyes locked ahead. "Frostmoon Pack can keep their old rules. We don't

Alpha pheromones rolled over the head carving like a flood. Laurel crests etched into the bronze glowed one after another-proof that something only the Nightshade Alpha

open, heavy and slow, revealing what

they opened all the way, Tessa's breath

by twelve towering totems, stood

hand, he

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406 Coming of

presence was

Then he turned.

entire body

out and gripped Landon's sleeve.

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was usually all warmth and softness, now stood tall with quiet strength in his presence. But his smile was still full of love as he looked at Tessa. "It's my granddaughter's coming-of-age. Of course, I'm here to bless her myself." Long before Landon ever approached him,

him down.

bring the whole damn thing to