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.

years ago had taught her one thing-no matter what, the only

blood, even the closest friends,

Falindale, she was taken to the hellish

encountered many

training, she finally awakened her

her condition. He once explained that her body had been far too weak to handle the violent surge of power that came with a White Wolf's awakening. That was why the awakening never happened

drastically. Her strength and endurance had reached unprecedented levels,

so, Emma

wildness

those abilities, Tessa had gotten used to relying only

really leave me with

used to handling things

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157 Someone You

you

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later, Ysabel's examination was

Tessa had sensed, it was only a surface