Fell for the Alpha-less Queen

Chapter 605 The Price of Obsession

“Nathan, if you touch a single hair on her head, I’ll tear your entire Frost Pack apart.

“Oh, don’t be so fierce,” he replied lightly, as if amused. “I just wanted to see you. After all… I’ve prepared a rather special gift.”

The call ended with a soft click.

Tessa’s fist clenched at her side, knuckles white. Samuel watched her with concern. “What now? Should we call Landon?”

“Not yet.” Tessa shook her head. Landon was in the middle of the Elders‘ Council–he couldn’t afford distraction. “I’m calling someone else.”

She dialed a secured line. The voice on the other end was aged and cautious.

“Tessa?”

“Nathan took my friend,” she said bluntly. “I know you want him to get help. We can make a deal.”

There was a pause on the other end. Jeremy was clearly weighing his options.

“What kind of deal?”

I’ll ensure Nathan sees the psychiatrist you’ve chosen.” Tessa’s voice was calm but firm. “You know as well as I do–if

Since then, he’d spiraled into a

the line. “Fine. I agree. But you

long as he stops acting like a lunatic, I have no interest in killing

fingers tapped the edge of the table, cold light

her composed tone. It was a temporary lie- a move to

call, he asked in a low voice, “You really plan

her eyes sliding over the Frost Pack’s power structure map on her screen, “but I never said

only agreed not to kill

and Landon as pawns, and one who once sent assassins to take her life. From the start, she

hours later, Lina was dropped off at the doorstep of the

tightened. “Nathan said even if he let

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the chance. Tessa caught her as she stumbled, her voice calm but filled with unshakable resolve. “Get some rest. What comes next… we

That night. Landon called.

the council meeting, but the moment

back,” Tessa said, propping the phone up to show Lina on the couch, sipping porridge. “I

catching her meaning. “Nathaniel already sent

again. Her fingers tapped the screen, stopping at a key node. “Their energy mines are tied closely to the council’s interests. If we sever that