Love the Wolfless Power Girl at First Sight

Chapter 407 The Spring, The Bloodbond Ring

18 Pearls

Moonlight poured through the glass dome above them, spreading across the sacred spring in the center of the hall. The surface sparkled with silver light, and the faint scent of lilies floated in the air like a blessing.

Walter moved slowly toward her, staff in hand. He looked softer than usual, but beneath that warmth was gravity–a quiet power. The edge of his ceremonial robe whispered over the stone with each step.

“My Tessie,” he said gently, “tonight you become an adult. In the name of Frostmoon Pack’s former Alpha, I bestow upon you the rites of purification and blessing.”

Tessa’s chest lifted with a slow breath.

This is really happening.

Her pheromones sweetened the air around her like blooming lilies. She nodded through the blur of tears.

Walter lifted his staff and tapped it lightly against the spring. The pool stirred. A clear stream of water rose from its center, hovering right in front of her like magic come alive.

He began to chant, voice low and ancient, like pine trees humming in the wind. The springlight turned to mist, rising and swirling around her body–cool, clean, and holy.

Then it happened.

The silver ring on her finger flashed–black against the white mist.

The inscription on it–Forever Yours–shuddered with rage. The Bloodbound Sorcery inside it pulsed, reacting violently to the sanctified air.

It’s fighting back…

The spell Nathan had slipped onto her five years ago when she was unconscious. His trap. His claim.

‘Now it hissed like something alive, like a curse being scorched straight out of her veins.

Tessa felt it. A faint tremor from the ring on her finger.

Her breath caught.

No way…

even physical force. Nothing ever worked. That silver ring wouldn’t come off. She couldn’t break it. Couldn’t sever the

now… here, under the magic of the sacred

Something’s changing…

sanctum, Walter paused mid–chant. He felt it too. The dark energy

in

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something like this on you? This

the heck would

to chase down that

and the power of the sacred spring–he had a chance to free her. He had

the tip of his tongue without a word and let a drop of his

blood could amplify the sanctum’s power–just enough to burn something dark out of someone they

prayed it would be

to the spring. Her skin soaked in the sacred mist, and she followed its slow glide through her like a

clean–scrubbing away the black residue

then, as it

Wait…

faintest shift. The Bloodbound Sorcery loosened ever

it only lasted a heartbeat. As the mist finished its path through her body and drifted

change lit something inside

it can break. Maybe this spring isn’t just symbolic… maybe

once. Then again. Then a third time. Each loop was

the spring

regret. His shoulders sagged just

it.

spirit at full strength, he couldn’t force

Not yet.

need to wait–watch for the right moment. And next time, finish

final shimmer of mist on Tessa’s skin gathered into delicate beads of dew, sliding down to the stone beneath her feet. Around them, the totem pillars began