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

I grunted and

seeds of doubt in the younger wolves

him. “What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight

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

soothed something inside of me. “You’re

showing the pack what Alina really

without an answer to

***

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

a small bunch of notes, his

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were left behind in the training arena,” he

them to me.

notes, my stomach

plans to pitt

been planning this for weeks,” I said,

Warrick.

the proof

need to show this to Aurora immediately,”

just as we had it, Dane

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

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

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

Trajan 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

to apologize, my queen,” Dane said

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Aurora and I opened my eyes wide as

cleared his throat

frowned as I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s

as I laid it all out, everything

had been spread over the

But this is something

play this game in public,

set for

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

unreadable.

her hand for silence among the

opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time we aired

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the sea of faces until

on Rowan.

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

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good time to clear the

Rowan shifted uncomfortably,

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