Chapter 244

Piper

As Warrick and I finally managed to catch our breath, the sound. of Rowan’s voice brought us both back down to earth.

“They’re blind to what’s coming,” he snapped.

Warrick and I looked at one another once, and nodded, mine angling toward the trees.

“We have to stop this,” I whispered.

But as we drew closer, Alina’s gaze sliced in our direction; the smirk twisted in her face told me she knew we were there.

Alina said nothing to Rowan, but the smirk deepened as her eyes lugged in our direction.

My heart rammed in my chest, not in fear but in frustration.

She knew we watched her and she wanted us to know that she was fearless.

I touched Warrick’s arm, gesturing for us to back further into the shadows.

“We can’t confront them here,” I whispered. “She’ll twist it to make us look like the aggressors.”

Warrick nodded, his jaw clenched in anger that he was fighting

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“Then we need more evidence,” he said. “We can’t keep chasing shadows. We need something concrete to take back to Aurora.

As we slipped back through the trees, Rowan’s voice carried

once more.

“This isn’t about chaos, Alina. I want them to respect me. To see me as someone worthy of leading.”

Her laugh was soft and laced with mockery. “Respect is overrated, Rowan. Power control is what matters. Respect follows those who take what they want.”

I could see hesitation was written all over his face all the way from where we were hiding.

A small spark of hope flared for a moment; maybe, just maybe, he would manage to see through her manipulations after all.

But Alina moved in closer, brushing her hand against his arm.

“Don’t doubt yourself now,” she purred. “You’ve come this far. You deserve this.”

Rowan had nothing to say, but in the silence that fell, his words

resounded loud.

Soon we got back to the pack house, I entered my room and nearly punched the wall as I slammed the door shut..

“She’s twisting it all,” I growled. “She’s taking all his insecurities. and using them to arm him up against us.”

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I heard Warrick say from behind

here?” I grunted and sat

anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too.

do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives

he said, ” Alina is the problem and we don’t fight her on her terms,” he said. “We

inside of me. “You’re right,” I

to focus on showing the

bed without an answer

***

morning, the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

a small bunch of

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behind in the training arena,”

them to me.

stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

and damning, outlining her plans to pitt

for weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

to show this to Aurora immediately,”

just as we had it,

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

to me, “I don’t think this is the right

Dane, I should be the one apologizing

few quiet steps back as he tried to

apologize, my

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opened my eyes wide

ERM,” Trajan cleared his

have to do that, I frowned as I followed him. I

it all

had been spread over the table. The contents

time,” Aurora said in a firm, even tone. “This is it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it. She will turn this against us if we are

meeting. If Alina wants to play this game in public, we’ll take the

was set for that

had assembled in the clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and Alina stood at the edge of

unreadable.

raised her hand for silence among the

lots of tension

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of faces until they came

on Rowan.

its most resilient when unity binds us all

and misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good time to clear the

shifted uncomfortably, to

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