All Chapters of My Professor, My Enemy, My Mate: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

Chapter 101Lessie's POVI was lying on my bed, when I heard the footsteps at my door. Then a gentle knock sounded on the door.Come in, I replied, my voice harsher than I had intended.The door creaked and Dave entered, his long frame carrying its typical air of authority.He was gripping an envelope in his hand, "this came for you," he said dully, holding out a letter. I took it from him, my hand touching his for an instant. The paper was more than sufficiently thick. "Did you open it?" I asked, a suspicion creeping into my voice before I caught myself.Dave went rigid, his hands vanishing behind his back in that soldier's gesture of his. "No, my lady," he answered, his own voice authoritative but not accusatory. "I didn't. I would not do that without being told to do it."I glared at him. "are you sure? Because it would appear to me you already know what is in there.""I don't," he replied cheerfully, but there was a hint of guilt beneath his voice, either real or feigned I cou

Chapter 103Author's POVThe dresses were simple but quite effective. Alpha Duiane had instructed to change out of their attire, they donned dark hooded cloaks, scuffed leather boots, and dress belts that made them look like merchant travelers or lower pack members seeking an audience with their alpha. Lessie had first objected on the grounds that she did not like having them on, but Alpha Duiane clamped her mouth shut with a glance which spoke volumes about how urgent their assignment was to this.They went in together into Shane's pack territory. The earth stretched out before them in a lush, fertile plain, watch towers and high walls standing guard over it. The check point gate was always in turmoil, wolves in every stage streaming through and out, but Alpha Duiane knew the pattern of the guards. "Keep your head down," he said softly without even looking at her. His tone was firm and low, but underlying that was a layer of care.The guards went by with a nod but stopped for neithe

Chapter 105Lessie's POVThis morning hit me differently. The birds were nicer, trilling in and out of branches in some kind of song that woke me up out of the fringes of my own reality. The sun came up earlier than usual too, blazing boldly over clouds like it had something to prove.I was restless, as if my heart longed to get free from the walls of the mansion. School was on vacation. I felt as if the world outside was calling me to come out, to summon me to get to know something more about this place to which I had only begun to think of home.I struggled through my bedroom, already dressed in a dress that did not restrict breathing. My maid trailed behind me, she had a faint smile on her lips as if awaiting me to yearn for fresh air."Where would you like to go, my lady?" she whispered, turning her head as was her habit."I don't know," I said to her, peering out over the tops of the trees that curved just beyond the reach of pack lands. "I've been here a while, and yet I still f

Chapter 107Duaine's POVI sat on the long, waxed table in the council chamber, fingers lightly drumming against wood as we waited for the meeting to start. The council members were filing in.But one face was missing. Nathan.I inched myself forward in my seat, looking at the chairs once more just to make sure, but no, he hadn't shown. Typical. Always late, always trying to make a big production out of it, always trying to show those who thought themselves better than rules that they weren't. Half of me was considering whether or not he did it on purpose, just to test my patience.The most senior of the elders spoke, "Let us go on," he said. "Whether we are complete or not, the matters before us cannot be delayed any longer."I stood up, ready to focus. I knew the routine. The entire room was waiting for me, waiting for me to defend myself, waiting for me to defend my claim once more that Lessie was my destined partner.As we began to negotiate, I declared it loudly, firmly, of the

Chapter 109Lessie's POVThe conversation we'd been having floated around us. Alpha Duaine's eyes were on me. His hand on the back of my shoulder still, but no longer hurting, more like he was grounding me, keeping me grounded to him, body and soul."Alpha Duaine." I faltered, "how did you and my father become enemies?"His entire body stiffened. "its something you don't need to worry about, Lessie," he drawled finally, his sentences slow, deep, measured.I frowned. "You're saying it's not something I should worry about? He's my father, Alpha Duaine. Don't you think I have the right to know why the two most important men in my life can't stand each other?"He took a deep breath, and his hand dangled idle from my shoulder as he leaned back next to me along the bed. He lay his head back, as if the ceiling itself would answer him, or some conveyance by which he could finally say the things that he had been shut up inside of himself all these years.When he did talk, his voice was soft. "