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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say from

and sat

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

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

her terms,” he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength is in turning words into weapons, then we need to show

something inside of me. “You’re right,”

need to focus on showing the pack what Alina

without an answer to that

***

answer arrived in the form of

small bunch of notes,

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left behind in the training arena,”

them to me.

stomach clenching as I read

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

for weeks,”

Warrick.

the proof we’ve been

to show this to Aurora immediately,” Trajan

and just as

outburst, yesterday,” Dane

who whispered to me, “I

should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to

he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want to

to apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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I opened my eyes wide as I screamed,

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat

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

and Dane listened intently as I laid it all

spread over the table. The

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

nodded. “We need to call a meeting. If Alina wants to play this game in public, we’ll take the stage and show the pack who she

was set

pack had assembled in the clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane

unreadable.

raised her hand for silence among

for coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension

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sea of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

all together, and it’s been under attack for a number of

is a very good time to

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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