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.”

moving to sit in the

happening.” Isabella

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

Elaine, her temper sparking “They’re covering the facts!

sensational garbage doesn’t mean they know the real Grayson. Just how powerful he is. We don’t need to listen to

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know!” Isabella shot back, her eyes narrowing in frustration. “This is bigger than whatever ridiculous

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“I know him better than anyone else. You think turning on the news will help?

enough. My

The room went silent. My heart pounded in my chest, but I didn’t care. “This isn’t about you or your petty

she took a step toward me. “Who the hell do you

gaze settled on Elaine, cutting through the tension

at her, surprised. Elaine opened her mouth to argue, but one look at Monica’s

that moment,

Monica well. I didn’t know her at all and I had pegged her as manipulative or conniving.

Really cared.

hard to breathe. Liam’s phone rang, cutting through the silence like a knife. His jaw clenched as he

sigh, trying

“I’m sorry I yelled at you. Really, I am. But picking

slowly draining out of her. I wrapped my arms around her, offering a small

me, her grip tightening and I whispered,

came Elaine’s voice from the other side of the room. Isabella and I both looked up, meeting her cold stare. “Werewolf hearing, remember? And if anyone here is

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

Liam returned, his face unreadable.

Liam cut her off sharply “I’m

mouth shut, and I reached for the remote, turning on the TV. The screen flickered to life, and the reporter’s face appeared, framed by the dark woods behind

clothing and what appears to

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