Love the Wolfless Power Girl at First Sight

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?”

voice was calm but firm. “You know as well

Nathan’s obsession. His mind had fractured the day his former Luna died. Since then, he’d spiraled into a darkness

long sigh came through the line. “Fine. I agree.

acting like a lunatic, I have no

words, her fingers tapped the edge

silently nearby, understood the truth behind her composed tone. It was a temporary lie- a

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

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

not to kill Nathan

and Jeremy were two of a kind–one who threatened the Thorne family and used her and Landon as pawns, and one who once sent assassins to take her life. From the

Lina was dropped off at the doorstep of the

her jaw tightened. “Nathan said even if he let me go, he’d still find a way to keep you

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

That night. Landon called.

from the council meeting, but

back,” Tessa said, propping the phone up to show Lina on the couch, sipping porridge. “I struck a deal with Jeremy. He

“Nathaniel already sent you