Chapter 409 A Love Confessed

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Laughter filled the room as glasses clinked, silver cut through the cake, and everyone dug into the feast without holding back.

But in the middle of it all, Tessa saw something no one else did—Avery quietly slipping out the door.

She leaned over to Landon with a soft whisper, then followed after him.

A moment later, Ysabel came up beside Landon and leaned in.

“Uncle Landon, she went after Avery. Aren’t you going to do anything?”

He shook his head.

“No. She’s allowed to have her own space. Her friends. I trust her.”

Every feral instinct in him clawed at that decision. He wanted to chase her. Keep her close. Keep every other man away from what was his.

But he knew better.

I love her, yeah. She’s my mate. But that doesn’t mean I get to cage her.Tessie was born to run. She’s not a girl to be locked down–she’s a wolf built for the wind and wild.

He wouldn’t be the fence.

He’d be the wind beside her. Moving with her. Free, loyal, untethered–but always hers.

Tessa found Avery on the second–floor terrace. He was alone while playing the piano.

He was playing her favorite song.

She didn’t interrupt–just stood a few steps away, listening. Letting the music settle around them.

Avery looked so different like this–nothing like the bold, cocky version of him onstage. Right now, he was just soft light and quiet keys. The silver chain around his wrist shimmered as he moved. It was the wolf bone bracelet she’d given him for his sixteenth birthday.

faded, Tessa stepped forward and sat beside

Her voice was low,

said without

She smiled. “Chopin?”

Just nodded and set his

face again

And not his.

TUUD

NO

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found someone. Someone powerful. Someone written in fate. Why

thought he’d locked those feelings away

Clearly, not well enough.

is 10 Pearts

without even turning to look, she asked–so gently it

there something you

knew each other too well. Of course,

moment before finally turning

felt it, haven’t

way I look at you. The way I

but a clear sign she was nervous. She always did that when something

continued. “That I like you. Not as a friend–as a man who’s wanted you for a long time. I was ready to say I’d stay by your side forever.

breath and smiled–soft,

mate. I really

laid it bare, honest, and whole. And with the words out in

His blessing was real.

be his, he meant it when he said he wanted her

friends, right?”

she saw it was genuine,

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