The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 35

-Ava’s POV-

The news that Grayson was missing spread faster than wildfire, with every news channel running the story. Different forms, different languages, different words–but none of them had used the word: dead.

missing, and the wreckage to his car was so bad that it would take a miracle from the Moon Goddess for

Yes, his body was n him to have survived.

But he couldn’t be dead. He was Grayson Blackwood. He was too powerful, too important for death to take him so easily. No matter how inevitable death was for all of us, I refused to believe it.

They would find him. Alive.

“Anything yet?” Isabella’s voice broke into my thoughts. She had come into the room without me realizing, her eyes Liam, who stood just inside the doorway. The look on his face told me everything I needed to know.

fixed on

“Nothing yet.” He replied, his voice steady. “But I have everyone looking. They will find him.” His gaze shifted toward me, holding steady. “They will find him.”

1 nooded, my throat too tight to respond. What else could I do? What else could anyone do? The only thing keeping me from storming out of the house to join the search was Liam’s calm logic. There was no point in me going out there. No point in panicking. The best thing was to stay here, as he’d reminded Isabella and me when we’d first arrived at Grayson’s

estate.

Let the professionals handle this.

The sharp clicking of heels followed, and Elaine entered the living room, followed closely by Monica. Isabella’s eyes narrowed immediately, and I gave her a warning look, silently pleading with her not to start anything.

Not now.

Elaine crossed the room, her arms quickly wrapping around Liam. “I just heard the news. Have they found him? They’ll find him, right? He can’t be dead. He’s Grayson.”

For the first time, we actually agreed on something.

Liam gave her the same response he’d given us. “They will find him,” he repeated, his voice unwavering. Then he turned to Monica, his expression hardening. “You shouldn’t be here.”

Monica’s lips tightened into a thin line. “Seriously, Liam? This is not the time for that. Grayson is missing. We can continue with the ban once he’s found.”

glanced at me briefly before quietly moving to sit in the

what’s happening.” Isabella suggested already reaching for

want to hear what all those idiots are saying about Grayson. They don’t know him.

froze, her gaze swinging toward Elaine, her temper sparking “They’re covering the facts!

garbage doesn’t mean they know the real Grayson.

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reporting what they know!” Isabella shot back, her eyes narrowing in frustration. “This is bigger than whatever ridiculous issues you have right now. Grayson

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else. You think turning on the news will help? Will that make him magically appear? No. So just sit

had enough. My patience

exploded from me before I could stop myself. The room went silent. My heart pounded in my chest, but I didn’t care. “This isn’t about you or your petty arguments. Grayson is missing, and if you can’t wait here quietly then you both need to

flashed with fury, and she took a step toward me. “Who the

her voice sharp but low. Her gaze settled on Elaine, cutting through the tension in the room like a

her mouth to argue, but one

that moment,

know Monica well. I didn’t know her at all and I had pegged her as manipulative or conniving. But now, in her gaze, I saw something real. Concern.

Really cared.

thick with tension, the kind that made it hard to breathe. Liam’s phone rang, cutting through the silence like a knife. His jaw clenched as he stepped away, answering the call with a

for everything. I let out a soft sigh, trying

I yelled at you. Really, I am. But picking a fight with

sniffled, the fight slowly draining out of her. I wrapped my

leaned into me, her grip tightening and I whispered, “Just don’t

the other side of the room. Isabella and I both looked up, meeting her cold stare. “Werewolf hearing, remember? And if

confrontation, and feeding into it would only make things worse. We had bigger problems right now. Picking fights with each other wasn’t going to

face unreadable. “Turn on

her mouth to protest, but Liam

and the reporter’s face appeared, framed by the dark woods behind her, My heart pounded in

ground. Among the wreckage, investigators have found fragments of burnt clothing and what appears to be an expensive wristwatch. While the owner

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