Return of the Luna Queen

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usion, I must have fallen to the floor. Landon's face cam

ng increasingly aware of how close he was, and the fact I could feel every single inch of his body touching my skin, I try t

to harden into what

e to it. "You disappear without a trace for eight years, and now you decide to come back

fort the ones that I had left behind. Knowing how worried they would be for me. That they would have assumed

to my time and I did not belong to his, yet despite this, the goddess had chosen him as my mate. And I couldn't for

ed into my hair. And finally to the now bare spot that once held my mates mark. He looke

get any answers out of me on the spot, he b

me, the depth of his hazel eyes were beginning to make me feel very hot. And to be honest, I'm not sure

even flinching under my weight and began

g to fight away from it as much as I physically could without jumping completely from his embrace. But after a while, I knew it was no use and

ppeared? Was Alex OK? The more I tried t

wn under a tree. We had not yet reached

s in no way prepared to tell Landon what

quizzed me. His voice was emotionless. He couldn't even look in my direct

into the old mine and caves. We found nothing. Just a pair of shoes. Your scent just disappeared a

new you wouldn't just leave without saying something. Your brother even came over. He was fuming wi

out of the overwhelming guilt I was beginning to fe

s at this, it was obviously he felt more than sl

did sh

And that we should hold out hope. That you would come to realise..." Landon stopp

at?" I prompt, movi

the words in a rush, that if I wasn't listening c

I said mor

sed for a moment, b

He asked e

broke out of my b

ted on the spot, picking at a non-e

ards him. But I also know that I was not ready to embark on another relationship. Certainly not one so intense as a mate bond. Not twelve hours previously

hat you were meant for me Rosalie. But when I realised you didn't feel the connection, I knew I ha

words. Looking over his bare shoulder which was s

mated?" I a

faw, turning to look do

ut I am not a saint Rosa

lous that, what she saw as our mate, wa

't matter how Nina felt about the situation, my heart was still with Alexa

of course not. But I wasn

ped forwards as if he was preparing himself for a he

a time as any. But the way Landon stood, so dejected and saddened, I had never seen a man look so fragile. But he deserved the

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