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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known that Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched,

I grunted and sat on my

him anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can

are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives on whispers and manipulation?

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 need to show the pack the truth.

something inside of me.

on showing the pack what Alina really is.

to bed without an answer to

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me

small bunch of

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left behind in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I

outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against Aurora

for weeks,” I said, handing

Warrick.

proof we’ve been waiting

to show this to Aurora immediately,”

just as we

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

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

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

a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want to miss

have to apologize, my queen,” Dane

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

Trajan cleared his throat and entered the

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

all out, everything we

over the table. The contents

But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it. She will

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

set

loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan

unreadable.

her hand for silence among

opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this

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the sea of faces

on Rowan.

all together, and it’s been under attack for a number of weeks

now is a very

uncomfortably, to which

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