NovelStartChapter 285 More Than Meets the Eve Finished "Fine, leave the termination to Thorne Corp-now you can relax, right?" Tessa said, a little sour. They didn't know what she was truly capable of, sure; but still it stung that they hadn't believed in her.
"Why are you helping us?" Avery cut straight to the point.
This wasn't going to be easy to handle. If Landon was offering to help... it had to be because of Tessa, right? "Because you're friends with my girlfriend," Landon said simply, pulling Tessa possessively into his arms.
All at once, every member of Avery Band turned to stare at her. "Tessa, is that true?" Avery and Steven looked especially tense, waiting for her answer.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLandon leaned in close, deliberately letting his breath tickle her ear. "Well? What do you say?" The warmth of his breath made her ears instantly turn red. Even without a verbal reply, her reaction gave everything away.
The cold, aloof Tessa-the one who used to keep everyone at arm's length-had never let a man hold her like that without punching him into the ground, and now she was even blushing.
Avery and Steven couldn't help the bitter twist in their chests.
They knew Tessa wasn't ordinary, but they hadn't imagined she'd be involved with someone this powerful. Landon-Alpha of Montedra's Nightshade Pack. There was no way they could compete with someone like that.
Seeing how flustered she looked, Landon chuckled and finally let her go. "Alright, let's head back. We'll leave this guy to Ethan." "Okay." Now free from Landon's embrace, Tessa finally looked more at ease. Before leaving, Landon contacted Nathaniel to summon Ethan.
When Ethan arrived, the first thing he saw was the bloodied, broken mess that used to be Thoras, sprawled on the floor.
He'd heard of Thomas before-an infamous rogue with no line he wouldn't cross.
Still, Thomas's crimes had never reached a level serious enough for someone like him, the captain of the criminal unit, to personally step in. So until now, he'd left it alone.
"Take him away," Ethan said to his team.
"Captain Simpson, are we really dispatching special forces for a guy like this? Isn't this overkill?" Ethan snapped, "Cut the crap. Command told us to handle it-just do your job." Right then, Simon cin from outside.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Captain Simpson, I think I just saw Ms. Sinclair. What would she be doing here? Does she have something 1/2 400 More Than Meets the Eye "Tessa?" Ethan's eyes lit up.
Finished "Yeah! I'm sure I didn't get it wrong!" Simon was a total fanboy; there was no way he'd mistake her. But since she was with a few other people, he hadn't gone over.
"I'll go check."
Tessa had always intrigued Ethan-so much skill, yet no wolf. There were ΟΠΙ just too many mysteries surrounding her. He'd always meant to look into her more, but work had kept him too busy. Lately, several major international cases had dropped on his desk, and he hadn't had tto track her down.
The montent Captain Simpson headed out, Simon grinned and said, "Told you! I told you he treats Ms. Sinclair differently! None of you believed me-well, you saw it now!" "Enough already. Just don't let Captain Simpson hear you say that again, unless you want to get chewed out." Simon scoffed. "He's not hearing anything; he's off chasing after Ms. Sinclair!" "Simon, are you too free these days? If you've got tto run your mouth, we've got an opening on the border that needs a tech." Ethan had just walked back in-and caught Simon right in the middle of his gossip. Simon immediately mimed zipping his lips.
"I didn't say a word." Ethan had gone out to look, but there hadn't been a trace of her-just air and shadows.
Still, he trusted Simon; he wouldn't make things up. But what had m brought sa here? And that wreck of a man-Thomas... was she the one who did that to him? 1.1K
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