Chapter 73. Day Two of Impending Storm

The male spy slipped silently into his small, dimly lit quarters. His lips curled into a smirk as he unrolled a scrap of parchment. The ink glistened as he swiftly penned down his latest discovery—Selena being Lucian’s mate, Rina as a spy sent by Beta Lucian, her hidden heartbreak, her foolish whispers about Lucian, and the crack forming in her loyalty.

She is vulnerable, he wrote. A tool waiting to be shaped. With just the right push, she will turn against them willingly.

Finishing the message, he sealed it tightly and sent it off using their trained falcon, the bird vanishing into the night sky like a silent omen.

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Far away, in a hidden refuge near the pack’s outer borders, the female spy received his letter as dawn’s first light painted the sky red. Her eyes gleamed with satisfaction as she read.

“So, the little warrior’s heart is broken… how convenient.”

Without delay, she scrawled a response in her precise hand:

Win her over, complet