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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known that Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning

and

about him anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can get out of hand,”

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

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

soothed something inside of

focus on showing the pack what Alina really is.

went to bed without an

***

form of Trajan, who approached me outside the

small bunch of notes, his expression

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behind in the training

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I

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

for weeks,”

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

show this

as we had it, Dane was there

sorry for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said

who whispered to me, “I don’t think this is

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

Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want to miss this amazing

my

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my eyes wide as I screamed, ‘yes‘ in my

Trajan cleared his throat and entered

I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks

all out, everything we had seen, every word we had

the notes had been spread over the table. The contents

her. But this

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

set for

and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and

unreadable.

hand for silence

said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time we aired

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of faces until they came

on Rowan.

at its most resilient when unity binds us all together,

and misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good

Rowan shifted uncomfortably,

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