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 on the

and sat on

is not about him anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do

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

he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength is in turning words into weapons, then we need to show the pack the truth. Actions speak louder than

something inside of me. “You’re

on showing the pack what Alina really is.

without an answer to that

***

answer arrived in the form of

a small bunch of notes,

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the training arena,” he

them to me.

unfolded the notes, my stomach clenching as I read

and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the

this for weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

the proof

need to show this to Aurora immediately,”

Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was there with

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

to me, “I don’t

should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to

and Trajan standing by the door, and Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me

apologize, my queen,” Dane said

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my eyes wide as I

Trajan cleared his throat and entered the

have to do that, I frowned as I followed him. I noticed

listened intently as I laid it all out,

notes had been spread over the table. The contents were

to confront her. But this is

wants to play this game in public, we’ll take

meeting was set

growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and Alina stood at the edge of

unreadable.

hand for silence among

for coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time we aired them

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the sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

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

have sprouted, and now is a

shifted uncomfortably, to which

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