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

and sat on my

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

stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on

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,

of me.

need to focus on showing the pack

bed without an answer

***

the form of Trajan, who approached

carried a small bunch of notes, his expression

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in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as

damning, outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves

been planning this for weeks,”

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

need to show this to Aurora

Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane

sorry for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took Aurora’s

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

the one apologizing for

quiet steps back as he tried to pull

apologize, my queen,” Dane

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I opened my eyes wide

ERM,” Trajan cleared his

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

all out, everything we

spread over the table. The contents were

this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is

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

set

as Aurora and

unreadable.

hand for silence

for coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack,

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the sea of faces until they came to

on Rowan.

binds us all

and now is a very

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to which

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