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 me and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning

I grunted and sat

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

stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on whispers and manipulation? Isn’t

crossed the room, laying his hands on 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 is in turning words into weapons, then we

something inside of me.

the pack what Alina really

without an answer

***

morning, the answer arrived in the form of Trajan,

small bunch of notes, his

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behind in the

them to me.

unfolded the notes, my stomach

her plans to pitt the younger

this for weeks,” I said, handing the notes

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

need to show this to Aurora

to Aurora’s Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was there

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he

me, “I don’t think

I should be the one apologizing for refusing

he tried to pull me away. I jerked

don’t have to apologize, my queen,”

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opened my eyes wide as I screamed,

Trajan cleared his

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

all out, everything

had been spread over the table.

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

call a meeting. If Alina wants to play this game in public, we’ll

meeting was set

loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and

unreadable.

for silence among

been lots of tension built up in this pack, and

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the sea of faces until

on Rowan.

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

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good time to

uncomfortably,

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