Chapter 242

Aurora

The peace of the moment didn’t last. A sharp knock on the door stressed us again and Dane sal up at once, frustration knitting between his eyebrows.

“Dane, Aurora!” came Trajan’s urgent voice from the other side. “You need to see this. Now.”

My heart was racing while I followed him out the door.

Trajan was there, his face unreadable. “Rowan’s called a meeting,” he said.

“He’s gathering wolves in the clearing, mostly the younger

ones.”

“What does he want?” Dane said shortly.

Trajan’s jaw was clenched. “To challenge your leadership.”

I felt the blood drain from my face. “We need to stop this before it goes too far.”

Dane nodded, his hand brushing against mine briefly before he turned to Trajan.

“Gather the elders. If Rowan’s dividing the pack, we’ll face him. together.”

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Then he, Rowan, stood tall right in the middle with this defiant confidence while Alina trailed behind him with her arms

crossed, almost smirking.

“We need new leadership!” Rowan’s voice boomed as I came into view. “Aurora and Dane are blind to the struggles of this pack. They play favourites, rewarding their inner circle while the rest of us are left to fend for ourselves.”

Murmur spread through the crowd, their doubt so easy to read. on their faces.

squarely. “Is that what you believe, Rowan? That we have failed

and for an instant, I thought he might back down. But then

me, Look around, Aurora. The

shifted to my side then, his

see what I’m saying… he is getting out of hand, and the pack is going to be divided because of him, if we don’t do

pity for him, he is driving at full speed to his own destruction and he is so young and.. My eyes went

teeth as I turned

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darkened. “I’m

letting your own insecurities and Alina’s whispers drive

before he could utter a word of protest, Alina

hold that against Rowan for having an opinion,”

what the rest of us have already thought

murmurs and I turned to Piper, who stood off near the treeline

eyes darted up, finding mine and brimming

the pack. “We will only weaken our cause by dividing ourselves. This pack has been through too

thinned. “Words won’t fix what’s broken,”

concluded without resolution, the crowd breaking apart in

towards the woods. Alina followed

Piper’s arm as she passed. “Keep an eye on Rowan,”

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training arena, in deep focus and moving through a series of drills

in his

going to wear yourself out,” I said, leaning against the

he froze, dropping his arm to wheel on me. “I

at the seams, and Alina is growing

recognizing

Dane asked. I paused as I walked to the open window and looked

here… I think we need to find a way to stop Alina… IOf she stops Rowan

quiet. What was he thinking? I was about to turn to him when he placed his hand on the window pane and looked out into the

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