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Chapter 71: Observation

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Jacob’s POV

I reviewed the battle reports with growing frustration, then the frustration shifted to fascination.

Something had changed in Ulysses’s combat approach. Something fundamental.

For months, my enemy had been explosive and tactically sloppy. His PTSD symptoms made him predictable. He’d react with rage instead of strategy, and his warriors followed him but often seemed confused by his erratic orders.

I’d been exploiting that weakness, pushing at his borders, forcing skirmishes that I knew would trigger his trauma responses.

But the last three engagements had been completely different.

Ulysses had fought with calm precision. He’d anticipated my moves before I made them. He’d dismantled my carefully planned ambushes as if he could read my mind.

Three separate defeats in two weeks. Each one more embarrassing than the last.

I set down the reports and turned to my Beta. “Something’s changed. Ulysses is fighting differently now.”

“Maybe he’s just having a good week,” my Beta suggeste
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