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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heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning on

I grunted and

younger wolves too.

already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on whispers

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

inside of me. “You’re right,” I

the

without an answer to

***

arrived in the form of

carried a small bunch

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left behind in the training arena,”

them to me.

my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

outlining her plans to pitt the younger

this for weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

show this to Aurora immediately,”

Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was there with

yesterday,” Dane said as he

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

I should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen

steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want to miss this amazing moment between

to apologize, my

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

cleared his throat and

I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks flush

it all out, everything we had

over the table. The contents

a firm, even tone. “This is it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires

play this game in public, we’ll take the

meeting was set

murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and

unreadable.

for silence

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

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faces until they came

on Rowan.

binds us all together, and it’s been under attack

is a very good

uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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