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 and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning on the

here?” I grunted and sat on my

wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can get out of hand,” he

to him. “What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on whispers and manipulation? Isn’t

problem and we don’t fight her on her terms,” he

soothed something inside of me. “You’re

need to focus on showing the pack

bed without an answer

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me outside the

small bunch

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the training arena,”

them to me.

stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

clear and damning, outlining her plans to

planning this for weeks,” I

Warrick.

the proof we’ve been

this

to Aurora’s Quarters, and just as

outburst, yesterday,” Dane said

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

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

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

don’t have to apologize, my

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kiss Aurora and I opened my eyes wide as I

his throat and

have to do that, I frowned as I followed

all out, everything

been spread over the table.

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 this against us if we

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

set

had assembled in the clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and Alina stood at the

unreadable.

her hand for

said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension

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scanned the sea of faces

on Rowan.

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

now is a very good time to clear

shifted uncomfortably,

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