Fell for the Alpha-less Queen novel Chapter 376

Chapter 376 Chains and Silence Beneath the Surface

Tessa glanced at Nathaniel. Why was he talking so much?

Seeing that Tessa didn’t want to answer, Ysabel jumped in. “Nathaniel, you talk way too much. Seriously- shut up and cat. I’m starving over here.”

Nathaniel opened his mouth to speak, but when he saw Tessa’s expression, he backed off.

Forget it. If the alpha wasn’t asking questions, why should he stick his nose in?

Landon politely pulled out a chair for Tessa.

She sat down, and Landon took the seat beside her.

As for Nathaniel’s question, Landon acted like he hadn’t even heard it. Throughout the meal, he kept serving Tessa food and pouring her soup.

From the moment he picked her up today, she’d been acting off.

Of course, Landon knew she was hiding something from him. But if she didn’t want to talk, he wasn’t going to pry. But he wasn’t the kind of man to force answers out of her.

Tessa could just be herself around him. If she wanted to talk, he’d listen. If she didn’t, he wouldn’t push her.

Seeing him like that, she finally felt at ease–for the first time all day.

Meanwhile, in the private suite next door, Nathan was chained to a bronze chair, the iron links soaked in wolfsbane. A strip of rune–stitched cloth had been stuffed in his mouth, sealing off his ability to speak.

Rage burned in his eyes, barely contained. The proud alpha of the Frost Pack–brought down by the girl he once believed was his Luna reborn.

He had underestimated Tessa’s resolve. When she poured that glass of wine earlier, he thought she was backing down.

But when that icy numbness started creeping through his limbs, he knew—

She’d laced the wine with Moonveil Dust–an herb that suppressed a wolf’s power.

By the time the chains cut into his wrists, he realized he’d let his guard down. How could he have forgotten? The girl he once locked in a lab and injected with wolf–spirit mutagens was no longer a puppet. Every smile, every moment of weakness… had been a trap, poisoned and precise.

Before walking out, she’d even flung a silk handkerchief soaked in Landon’s pheromones right in his face. “Try coming near me or anyone I care about again, and next time it won’t just be wolfsbane chains.”

But she was his! The bond mark they shared on the back of his neck was still burning. How could she do this to him… for another man?

At that moment, Nathan didn’t even care if Landon saw the truth. He wanted to summon the Frost Pack’s wolf spirit, rip the chains apart, knock Tessa out, and drag her straight back to Yalvaria.

But the Moonveil Dust held him down like a curse. He couldn’t move a single finger. All he could do was

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stare up at the chandelier as it blurred above him, his vision swallowed by rage… until everything went dark.

Nathan sat there, bound and humiliated, surrounded by untouched dishes. Meanwhile, in the room next door, the clink of cutlery and bursts of laughter floated through the air.

“What do you think is going through Landon’s head?” Cameron muttered. He didn’t say it aloud, but come on–anyone could tell something was up with Tessa. And none of them were fools.

“Don’t even try to guess what Landon’s thinking.” Hudson was as laid–back as ever.

Love’s complicated. It’s not something you can figure out from the outside–outsiders never really get the full story. The rest? Best keep their mouths shut. Otherwise, you just make a mess on both sides.

“Hudson, I seriously wonder–if you ever met a woman you actually liked, would you still be this chill Though honestly, I doubt it. You’re way too rational to ever go crazy over a girl,” Cameron said, completely