Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 396 Sinclair Family Needs a Timeout

“Grandpa, I'm not. Tessa said stubbornly. "The coming-of-age ceremony... it's just a regular birthday to

But the tips of her cars were so red, they looked like they could bleed.

Walter simply smiled at her with loving patience.

"Mr. Thorne's throwing you a coming-of-age ceremony? Where's it happening? I want to go too, Winona asked, voice laced with envy.

Landon personally organizing Tessa's ceremony meant it would be a grand affair- probably even attended by high-ranking werewolves from the Nightshade Pack.

She could no longer paint, which had been one possible route into noble werewolf society. Now, the only option left was finding another way to get close to high- ranking wolves.

Tessa let out a cold snort. "And why would you want to go? To ruin my night?"

"You!" Winona clenched her napkin, nails digging into her palm. "We're family, aren't we? You've gotten close to Mr. Thorne now-can't you help your brother and me out a little?"

"Help?" Tessa arched a brow; her knife and fork scraped sharply against the porcelain plate. "When I was exiled from the Sinclair family-cast out by the Frostmoon Pack-did either of you help me then? And now you remember we're related?"

the Sinclair estate with him, she

you spent in the lower-rank training camp, and you've learned nothing. From now on, every holiday, you'll go back there for training-until the word social climbing

I'm going upstairs," Tessa said as she set down her utensils

these people could ruin even the best mood. As she walked away, Walter followed suit, letting out

during Christmas had only been temporary; the rot at the core of this household

Winona turned to her brother across the table. "Tessa's up in the clouds now, she doesn't care

head, fiddling with his knife and fork, his eyes flickering with hesitation. He wanted to

to ask Tessa to put in a good word for him with Lord Landon-but he couldn't stop hoping. If he could use

had set, and dusk

her room and didn't come out again. As the sky darkened, her

Family

she opened her laptop and tried to focus

pine-his pheromones-drifted in with the cold night

once; outside her window, the familiar

three hours before midnight. Landon had already come for her, even earlier than

stepped out of the car and looked up directly at her window.

smiled gently and waved