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."

least a little. She curled against him, nose brushing his chest, letting the steady beat of his heart rock

impatient stars, had already risen-like

Landon pulled up to the Nightshade Pack's sacred grounds,

gave him a side-eye, one

speaking, I'm a rogue without a pack.

already belongs to you. They'll kneel, or

her straight to the entrance, eyes locked ahead. "Frostmoon Pack can keep their

carving like a flood. Laurel crests etched into the bronze glowed one after another-proof that something only the Nightshade Alpha could do. He didn't need permission from the Elder Council to

began to open, heavy and

opened all the

vaulted ceiling, surrounded by

ceremonial robes. In one hand, he held a staff capped with a fierce wolf

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was magnetic. Authoritative.

Then he turned.

Tessa's entire body

his face. Her hand shot out and gripped Landon's

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as he looked at Tessa. "It's my granddaughter's coming-of-age. Of course,

shut him

Frostmoon wouldn't open their doors, then he'd bring the whole damn thing to Nightshade-and