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.

bristled, pacing beneath my skin. A mind link only failed

clenched my jaw, my hands curling into fists. No. No.

Ava was gone.

I had no idea who had taken her.

available

stiffened, nodding before rushing

left in the car that was supposed to take him and her out and Rickon was back in the hall trying to see what

came at me at once. The severed head. The lights going out. The

wedding. It was about creating a big enough distraction to make

had walked right into

“Shit.”

pushing through the scrambling crowd. The fear had reached a fever pitch, voices rising, bodies

like

time, even worse

Their eyes darted wildly, their claws scraping against the marble floors. I saw the reaction in those who were human–shock, then fear, then complete terror.

And then-

Boom.

explosion didn’t come from the estate. It

The scent of smoke burned my nose. I turned, taking

shouting, but their voices blurred together.

to find a way out amidst the panicked

wolves bolted, some tried to fight through the crowd, and others–those more controlled–stood frozen,

direction.

needed to act.

Now.

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

through every fiber

out a

dropped to submission. Some fell to their stomachs, others lowered their heads, their

rumbled through me, my message

‘Shift back. Now

the wolves obeyed,

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

body coiled to move, my senses locked onto the only thing that mattered–tracking Ava’s scent. My muscles tensed, ready to push forward, to hunt, to end whoever had dared take her.

“Grayson!”

the air like a blade. My

Rickon.

filled with something I had rarely seen in him–panic. He was pushing

tumbled out, “Isabella. I felt

meaning hit me instantly.

felt something, then something had happened.

wolf bristled, torn between tearing off after Ava and dealing with this new threat or dealing with this madness. My

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

Bodies–so many bodies.