Chapter 559 The Dungeon Beneath the Throne

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The moment Landon got in the car, he activated the mental link with Nathaniel, his voice cold as ice.

“Nathan is in Navoris. Find out exactly where he’s hiding. Take the guards. Arrest him and throw him binto /bthe dungeon. Do it quietly–don’t alert anyone.”

“Yes, Alpha,” Nathaniel’s voice echoed through the link, firm and unquestioning.

Landon cut the connection, his eyes narrowing dangerously, knuckles white from the force of his grip.

He had dared to trespass on hisnd and harass Tessa?,

Then both new debts and old ones were going to be settled–painfully.

He hadn’t forgotten the Bloodbond. He hadn’t forgotten the pain Tessa had suffered. And Nathan would repay that–tenfold.

Tessa hadn’t said anything out loud, but of course she was worried about Samuel. Deep down, she feared Nathan might do something insane–kidnapping Samuel to force her hand.

The next day, she asked Lina to investigate Nathan’s whereabouts.

Lina quickly sent over an address Nathan had been using in Navoris. But there was no trace of him. No had seen him. It was like he’d vanished.

Days passed. Still no sign of Nathan. Samuel hadn’t been bothered again either. It was as if Nathan had disappeared from Navoris entirely.

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Tessa thought he might have returned to Frost Pack, but when she contacted friends in Yalvaria, they said he hadn’t gone back.

Strange.

He wasn’t in Navoris. He wasn’t in Frost Pack. Then where could he be?

A grown man couldn’t just vanish into thin air.

Still, as long as he wasn’t showing up to harass her or anyone around her, Tessa let it go. Whatever came, she’d handle it when it did.

What she didn’t know was that Nathan was currently locked deep beneath Nightshade Pack–in the hidden dungeon.

He was caged in a prison forged from cksteel and wolfbone runes.

The dungeon was cold and damp, dim light casting shadows across his pale face.

Chains made of scorched iron and wolfmark bindings mped around his wrists and ankles. The burning sigils gnawed at his wolf power–every movement sent sharp, stabbing pain through his bones,

“Landon…” Nathan growled through clenched teeth, his wolf eyes glowing red bwith /bbmadness /bband /bbhate/b. bYou /bthink this bcage /bcan hold me? Tessa is mine! Even without the Bloodbond, bshe’ll /bbnever /bbescape /bbme/bb!/bb” /b

Chapter 559 The Dungeon Beneath the Throne

He tried to shift into wolf form, but the chains instantly tightened. The curse of the shadow bwoll /betcherl bmio /bthe links surged through his veins, tearing into his wolf and forcing him to copse to the bground /bin agony

Nathaniel stood outside the Cage, arms crossed, eyes filled with disdain. “Save your strength. bNo /bbone /bbwho /benters the Alpha’s dungeon walks out again. Youid hands on Tessa–that’s a deration of bwar /bbagainst /bNightshade Pack.”

Nathan let out a hoarseugh, voice scraping. “Landon won’t kill me! If Frost Pack loses its alpha, the Yalvaria wolves will tten Navoris. He doesn’t have the guts!”

“There’s nothing Alpha Landon wouldn’t do,” Nathaniel said, stepping closer, voice cial. “Three byears /bbago/b, Frost Pack was crushed by Nightshade Pack. You’re still recovering. You think your shattered pack could btake /bus nowb?/bb” /b

“Our alpha doesn’t keep threats alive. He’s only letting you breathe so you can live long enough to watch Tessa be his. When she’s Luna of Nightshade Pack, you won’t even be allowed to look at her.”

Nathan’s eyes snapped wide. He lunged at the bars with a roar, chains nging violently as blood bstreamed /bfrom his wrists.

“Tessa` is my mate! Mine! No one can take her from me!”

Nathaniel didn’t waste another word. He turned and left, the heavy dungeon doors mming shut behind him, leaving only Nathan’s furious screams echoing in the dark.

Nathan copsed back onto the floor, fingers digging into the cold stone, nails splitting as blood seeped out —thick with hate, thick with venom like a viper from Eclipse Valley… slowly dripping into the silence.

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