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

grunted and sat

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

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

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

soothed something inside of me.

on showing the

without an answer

***

answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me outside the

small bunch of notes, his expression

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in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

unfolded the notes, my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

were clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt

weeks,” I

Warrick.

proof we’ve been

this to Aurora

Quarters, and just as we had

Dane said as he

whispered to me, “I don’t

one apologizing for refusing to listen

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 want

don’t have to apologize, my queen,” Dane said

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opened my eyes wide as I screamed,

Trajan cleared his

frowned as I followed him. I noticed

Dane listened intently as I laid it all out, everything we had seen, every word we had

had been spread over the table.

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

wants to play this game in

set for

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

unreadable.

hand for silence

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

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eyes scanned the sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

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

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably,

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