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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is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind

and sat on

the younger wolves too. If we do not

stretched thin. How

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

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

on showing the

without an answer

***

the form of Trajan,

bunch of notes,

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left behind in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

my stomach clenching as I read

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

weeks,”

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

need to show this

just as we had

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

me, “I don’t think this

be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to you,”

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 want to

have to apologize, my queen,” Dane

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I opened my eyes wide as

cleared his

he have to do that, I frowned as I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks flush as

all out, everything we had seen, every word we

been spread over the

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

play this game in public, we’ll take the stage and

meeting was set for that

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

unreadable.

hand for

coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in

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faces

on Rowan.

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

and now is a very good time to clear the

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to which

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