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

here?” I grunted and

planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves

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

problem and we don’t fight her on her terms,” he said. “We outthink

of me.

focus on showing the

went to bed without an answer

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan,

a small bunch of notes,

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left behind in the training arena,” he

them to me.

my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

and damning, outlining her plans to

weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been waiting

show this

just as we

yesterday,” Dane said as he took Aurora’s

to Trajan who whispered to me, “I don’t think

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

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 moment

my queen,”

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my eyes wide

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat

I frowned as I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s

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

over the table.

But this is something that requires strategy on how to

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

was set for that

their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward,

unreadable.

her hand for silence

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

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faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

at its most resilient when unity binds us all together, and it’s

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

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably,

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