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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have always known that Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from

I grunted and

younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can get

to him. “What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who

we don’t fight her on her terms,” he said. “We

words soothed something inside of

showing the pack what

to bed without an

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who

carried a small bunch of notes,

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were left behind in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

stomach clenching

were clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against Aurora

been planning this for weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been waiting

need to show this to Aurora

just as we had it, Dane

sorry for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he

to me, “I don’t think this is the

understand you, Dane, I should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to you,” Aurora

and Trajan standing by the door, and Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t

my

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my eyes wide as I

Trajan cleared his throat and entered the

I frowned as I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks

it all out, everything we had seen, every word

been spread over

it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it.

to play this game in public, we’ll

meeting was set for

their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward,

unreadable.

hand for silence among

been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s

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scanned the sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

resilient when unity binds us all together, and it’s been under attack for a

now is a very good time

shifted uncomfortably, to which

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