The meeting with Thomas goes better than expected.
He shows up alone. No backup. No ambush. Just an exhausted Beta who's tired of serving a tyrant. We talk for two hours. About Asher's plans. About his weaknesses. About the wolves in his pack who are loyal and the ones who are looking for any excuse to defect.
Thomas agrees to feed us intelligence. Weekly reports on troop movements, strategy sessions, supply lines. Everything we need to stay ahead of Asher's plans.
In exchange we promise sanctuary when this is over. Protection for him and any wolves he helps extract. A place in our pack if he wants it.
It's more than we hoped for. More than we expected. A genuine inside source. A way to anticipate Asher's moves before he makes them.
Freya stayed hidden the whole time. Watching from th
