Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 157 Someone You Can Rely On

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"Mr. Thorne?" Tessa tilted her head and looked at him in confusion, unsure what he meant by that question.

"You keep saying you'll handle your own problems. You never let me help. Have you never thought of me as someone you could rely on?" Landon finally voiced the question that had been weighing on his heart for a long time.

Tessa froze for a second. She seemed to catch a flash of defeat in his eyes, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

But almost instantly, Landon returned to his usual self. “Sorry. I shouldn't have said that to you."

Landon had never lost control like this before.

As the Alpha of the Nightshade Pack, Montedra's most powerful ruler, he was always decisive and sharp, whether dealing with pack matters or facing enemies. Nothing ever fazed him.

As the head of Thorne Corp, he was just as capable in the business world, always composed and in control.

But in front of Tessa, he lost that control.

“I...” Tessa started to say something, but didn't know how to explain what she was feeling.

thing-no matter what, the only person she

closest friends, could walk

was why, after meeting Samuel in Falindale, she was taken to the hellish training camp, where she went through a full-scale

encountered

training, she finally

been far too weak to handle the violent surge of power that came with a

condition improved drastically. Her strength and endurance had reached unprecedented levels, enough to support coexisting with a powerful White

Emma awakened

feel the wildness and

Emma and gaining those abilities, Tessa had gotten used to relying only on

Tessa hesitate, Landon couldn't help but sigh. "You really leave

him. "I've just gotten used to handling things

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Someone You

I'm someone you can rely on

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later, Ysabel's examination was

like Tessa had sensed, it was only a surface injury, no