The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

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Chapter 267

Chapter 267

-Grayson’s POV-

The scent of fear clung to the air like smoke. It was thick, heavy, nearly suffocating

Even as I stepped away from the chaos of the wedding hall, my senses remained sharp, my mind processing every sound, every movement. People were still running–some screaming, others too stunned to move. Warriors shouted orders, struggling to restore order, but something about all of this was off.

A severed head alone wouldn’t cause this much mayhem.

Fear? Yes. Disbelief? Absolutely. But this… this was something else. The way people bolted, the way some seemed to be running from something rather than just the scene itself–it didn’t sit right with me. There was more to this. Something unseen. Something dangerous.

I reached out through the mind link to check on her again, ‘Elaine?‘

A beat passed, then her voice came through, steady but clipped, ‘I’m fine. I got out and I’m back at my apartment!

Relief settled in my chest, but it was short–lived, ‘Stay there. Lock the doors. Don’t open them for anyone until I say so?

‘Got it.’

I exhaled sharply and pushed forward.

My warriors had stationed themselves along the estate’s exit paths, trying to prevent people from scattering too far. They had managed to form a perimeter, but the energy in the air was still charged–frantic, unsettled. Something wasn’t right.

Then-

“Alpha King Grayson.”

I turned at the sound of my name.

Ivan was walking toward me, his face tense. He wasn’t panicked–he was too trained for that–but there was urgency in his steps.

The moment he reached me, I didn’t hesitate, “Where is Ava?”

His expression flickered. Surprise flashed across his face before he quickly masked it, “I don’t know, Your Highness. I came to ask if you wanted me to take her.”

Everything in me stilled. My eyes narrowed. My mind instantly latched onto the implications of his words.

“What do you mean take her?” My voice was dangerously low, but I didn’t care, “I had you assigned to a car with her in case Damien did anything. That car left with her. So what do you mean if I wanted you to take her?”

A flicker of something passed through his eyes–surprise, hesitation–before fear took over. He took a step back.

My mind was already working it out.

If he wasn’t in the car, then someone else was. And if someone else was in that car, that meant whoever sent that severed head had planned this.

Ava was not on her way to the safe house.

My wolf growled, the realization settling like ice ingny veins. I turned sharply, already reaching out through the mind link.

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Ava?

Silence.

Ava, answer me.

Nothing.

skin. A mind link only failed if someone was unconscious, deliberately blocking it–or too

curling into fists. No. No. No.

Ava was gone.

had no idea who had taken her.

gaze snapped back to Ivan, “Get every available

nodding before rushing off.

my mind racing. Isabella and Eliza had left in the car that was supposed to take him and her out and Rickon was back in

at me at once. The severed head.

about creating a big enough distraction

had walked

“Shit.”

moved quickly, pushing through the scrambling crowd. The fear

attempt to get out then, like a spark in dry grass

even worse than

their claws scraping against the marble floors. I saw the reaction in those who

And then-

Boom.

come from the estate. It came from far beyond

trembled beneath my feet. Fire lit up the night sky in the distance. The scent of smoke burned my nose. I turned, taking

shouting, but their voices

unable to find a way out amidst

wolves bolted, some tried to fight through the crowd,

direction.

needed to act.

Now.

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built in my chest. My wolf pushed forward, demanding control, demanding order. Then I shifted,

My vision sharpened, my senses exploded. Power surged through every fiber of my being, and my massive

a

wolf in the vicinity dropped to submission. Some fell to their stomachs, others lowered

me, my

‘Shift back. Now

by one, the wolves obeyed, reverting to their

didn’t vanish entirely, but the storm had been tamed. For now.

my body coiled to move, my senses locked onto the only thing that mattered–tracking Ava’s scent. My muscles

“Grayson!”

like a blade. My

Rickon.

had rarely seen in him–panic. He was pushing through the crowd,

moment he reached me, the words tumbled out, “Isabella. I

hit me instantly.

bonds didn’t lie. If he felt something, then something

between tearing off after Ava and dealing with this new threat or dealing with this madness.

even as my pulse hammered against my skull. A warrior rushed forward, shoving a bundle of clothes into my hands. I took them,

Bodies–so many bodies.