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?”

was calm but firm. “You know as well as I

Since then, he’d spiraled into a darkness that no one had dared

came through the line. “Fine. I agree.

a lunatic, I have no interest in killing

edge of the table, cold light still flickering in

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

he asked in a

smile, her eyes sliding over the Frost Pack’s power structure map on her

only agreed not to kill Nathan to secure

were two of a kind–one who threatened the Thorne family and used her and Landon as pawns, and one who once sent assassins

later, Lina was dropped off at the doorstep of

“Nathan said even if he let me go, he’d still find a way to keep

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chance. Tessa caught her as she stumbled, her voice calm but filled with unshakable

That night. Landon called.

feed showed his face drawn with fatigue from the council meeting, but the moment he saw

up to show Lina on the couch, sipping porridge. “I struck a deal with

lifted, instantly catching her meaning. “Nathaniel already sent

stopping at a key node. “Their