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

grunted and sat

planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If

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

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 is in turning words into weapons, then we

inside of me. “You’re

the pack what Alina really is. But

bed without an answer

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

a small bunch of notes, his expression

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were left behind in the training arena,” he

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as

clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the younger

this for weeks,” I said, handing

Warrick.

the proof

show this to

Quarters, and just as we had

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

to me, “I don’t think this is the right

one apologizing for refusing

the door, and Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off

apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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I opened my eyes wide as

Trajan cleared his throat and

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

laid it all out, everything we had seen, every word we had

notes had been spread over the table. The contents were

Aurora said 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 we are not

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

meeting was set for that

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

unreadable.

hand for

tension built

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scanned the sea of faces until they came

on Rowan.

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

is a very good time to

uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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