All Chapters of The Professor's Mate Clause : Chapter 81 - Chapter 83

ADRIAN'S POVThe attack comes at dawn.Twenty wolves. Maybe more. Hitting our northern border hard and fast. Not reconnaissance. Not testing. Full assault.Retaliation for Emma's rescue. For Lyra's execution. For every time we've defied him.I'm there in minutes. Shifted. Running. Kael demanding blood. Demanding we protect our territory. Our pack. Our mate.The battle is already in progress when I arrive. My wolves fighting. Holding the line. But they're outnumbered. Outmatched. Asher's wolves are fresh. Aggressive. Coordinated.I slam into the nearest enemy. Teeth finding throat. Crushing. Killing. Moving to the next before the first hits the ground.Marcus fights beside me. Clara covering our flank. Everyone working together. Fighting as a unit.But we're still losing ground. Still being pushed back. Asher's wolves keep coming. Wave after wave. Like he has an endless supply."Fall back to secondary positions!" I command through pack link. "Controlled retreat. Don't let them scatter

ADRIAN'S POV"You want me to do what?" Kelvin stares at me like I've lost my mind."Reach out to your contacts in Asher's pack. The ones who might be sympathetic to our cause. The ones who are tired of his leadership. The ones who might feed us information." I lean back in my chair. "You said yourself there are wolves in his pack who want out. Who hate what he's become. Let's use that.""You want me to build a spy network. Inside my father's pack. Using wolves who might be loyal to him. Who might report back everything I tell them." Kelvin shakes his head. "That's suicide Adrian. For me and for anyone who agrees to help.""Which is why we're careful. Why we only approach wolves you absolutely trust. Why we give them information that seems valuable but is actually useless. Why we use them to feed Asher false intelligence." I stand. Move to the window. "We can't win a straight fight. He has more wolves. More resources. More territory. But we can win through strategy. Through deception.