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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this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me

I grunted and sat on

seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can

do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we

her on her terms,” he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength is in turning words into weapons, then we

inside of me. “You’re right,”

focus on showing the pack what Alina

bed without an

***

answer arrived in the form of Trajan,

bunch of notes, his

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in the training

them to me.

stomach

plans to pitt the younger wolves against Aurora and

this for weeks,” I

Warrick.

proof

to show this to Aurora

and just as we had it,

yesterday,” Dane said

whispered to me, “I don’t think this

I understand you, Dane, I should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to you,”

tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I

have to apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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eyes

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat and

I frowned as I followed him.

all out, everything we had seen,

notes had been spread over the table. The

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

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

set

loud as Aurora and Dane

unreadable.

her hand for silence

lots of tension built up in this pack,

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faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

all together, and it’s been under attack for

is a very good time to

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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