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?”

Lina, and 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 this keeps going, he’ll destroy the Song family. You can’t afford

Luna died. Since then, he’d spiraled into a darkness that no one had

through the line. “Fine. I

as he stops acting like a lunatic, I have

words, her fingers tapped the edge of the table,

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

ended the call, he asked in a low voice, “You really

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

not to kill

family and used her and Landon as pawns, and one who once sent assassins to

hours later, Lina was dropped off at the doorstep

jaw tightened. “Nathan said even if he let me go, he’d still find

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

That night. Landon called.

with fatigue from the council

the couch, sipping porridge. “I struck a deal

meaning. “Nathaniel already sent you the

key node. “Their energy mines are tied closely