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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say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning on

and sat

in the younger wolves

turned to him. “What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on whispers and manipulation?

crossed the room, laying his hands on my shoulders. “Her,” he said, ” Alina is the problem and we don’t fight her on her terms,” he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength

something inside of me. “You’re

focus on showing the pack

without an answer to that

***

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

bunch of

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were left behind in the

them to me.

my stomach clenching as I

outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against

weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

proof we’ve been

need to show this to Aurora immediately,” Trajan

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

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he

Trajan who whispered to me,

should be the one apologizing for refusing

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 between

apologize, my queen,”

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to kiss Aurora and I opened my eyes wide as I screamed, ‘yes‘

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat and entered

do that, I frowned as I followed him.

intently as I laid it all out,

been spread over the

in a firm, 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 this against us if

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

meeting was set

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

unreadable.

her hand for silence among the

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

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of faces

on Rowan.

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

and now is

shifted uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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