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.”

for a long moment but said nothing else. Monica glanced at me briefly before quietly moving to sit in the corner of the room, folding her arms across her chest. I exhaled releasing some of the

happening.”

turn on any news. I don’t want to hear what all those idiots

toward Elaine, her temper sparking “They’re covering the facts! The facts that he’s missing and

real Grayson. Just how powerful he is.

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eyes narrowing in frustration. “This is bigger than

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lecture me about Grayson!” Elaine spat, stepping toward her, eyes blazing. “I know him better than anyone else. You think turning on the news will help? Will

enough. My

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

and she took a step toward me. “Who

settled on Elaine, cutting through the tension in the room like a knife. “This isn’t the time

surprised. Elaine opened her mouth to argue, but one look

moment, something clicked inside

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

Really cared.

like a knife. His jaw clenched as he stepped away, answering the call with a calm that didn’t match the storm brewing in the room.

if it were to blame for everything. I let out a soft sigh, trying to find

voice. “I’m sorry I yelled at you. Really, I am. But picking a fight with her right

out of her. I wrapped my arms

tightening and I whispered, “Just don’t engage with

I even want to talk to her in the first place,” 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

another sigh, silently pleading with Isabella not to react Elaine thrived on confrontation, and feeding into it would only

his face unreadable. “Turn on

but Liam cut

flickered to life, and the reporter’s face appeared, framed by the dark woods behind

wreckage, investigators have found fragments of burnt clothing and what appears to be an

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