Mated To My Mate's Worst Enemy (ARIA) novel Chapter 630

Chapter 630

ARIA

"No," Nina said. "But it's accurate. The standard methods are significantly less effective. The specific emotional state of genuine fury appears to affect the physical capacity in ways that produce better outcomes. Which is why they're considered war machines — they're designed to be deployed against people who are too scared to be angry enough."

"Cassium has fifty of them guarding one document," Kael said.

"He acquired them illegally," Ivory said. "Housing werewitches requires Council permission that Cassium does not have. Which is itself an addition to the Convention violations file."

"That's very interesting information," Jordan said. "That I would enjoy using. After we've retrieved the document. Which is being guarded by fifty werewitches."

"And wolves," Ivory said.

"Oh, and wolves," Jordan said. "Wonderful. And wolves."

"The estate infiltration is not the primary plan," Ivory said. "It's the contingency. The primary plan uses Clara."

"She knows where the document is," Jordan said.

"She knows where the compartment is," Ivory said. "Cassium uses a secret compartment in his office — Clara has observed the access me0chanism during visits to the estate. She can tell us the location and the mechanism, which means the infiltration team doesn't need to search. They go directly to the compartment and retrieve the document."

"What's the timeline on that," Jordan said.

"Fast," Ivory said. "In and out. The fifty werewitches are guarding the office during normal hours. During the two-day meeting, the security rotation changes — the office has reduced staffing because Cassium has cleared his schedule and is in the meeting rooms. The window for access is approximately forty minutes."

"Forty minutes," Kael said.

"It's generous," Ivory said.

"Against werewitches," Kael said.

"Against reduced werewitches," Ivory said. "Some of them. With specific preparation."

"What preparation," Kael said.

Ivory opened the compound file.

"The healer network has specific information on werewitch biology," she said. "They have the werewolf vulnerabilities with the witch's sensory enhancements. The sensory enhancements make them extremely susceptible to specific compound-based approaches that wouldn't affect a standard wolf. I've developed a delivery mechanism." She indicated the compound notes. "Airborne. Disperses through a standard ventilation system. Affects the sensory enhancement specifically — creates significant disorientation without incapacitating the physical wolf capacity."

"So they're disoriented but not down," Jordan said.

"Disoriented but not down," Ivory confirmed. "Which makes the forty minutes viable if the team is fast and targeted."

"Who's the team," Kael said.

"You, Killian, and Jordan," Ivory said. "For the estate. You're going in as attendees of a secondary conference that Cassium has scheduled for the same two-day period — a regional trade meeting that's open to invited Alpha attendees. You have legitimate reason to be on the estate grounds."

"You have invitations," Kael said.

"I had invitations sent," Ivory said. "Through the appropriate channels, three weeks ago, when the information about Cassium's meeting schedule first came through the healer network."

"Three weeks ago," Jordan said.

"I've been preparing for this conversation for three weeks," Ivory said. "I was waiting for the Convention letter to arrive so the full context was present when I brought it to the team."

Jordan looked at Kael.

Kael looked at Jordan.

"She planned this before she told us about the Convention letter," Jordan said.

"Yes," Ivory said.

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