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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Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I

I grunted and sat

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

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

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. Actions

something inside of

showing the pack what Alina

to bed without an answer to

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

bunch

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the

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I

her plans to pitt the younger wolves against Aurora and

been planning this for weeks,” I

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been waiting

this to Aurora immediately,” Trajan

Aurora’s Quarters, and just as

yesterday,” Dane

turned to Trajan who whispered to me, “I don’t think this is the right

I should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to

quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off

apologize, my

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my eyes wide as I screamed, ‘yes‘ in my

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat and entered the

have to do that, I frowned as I followed

and Dane listened intently as I laid it all out, everything we

notes had been spread over the table. The contents

need to confront her. But this is something that requires

meeting. If Alina wants to play this game

was set for

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

unreadable.

for silence among

all for coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built

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eyes scanned the sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

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

and now is a very good time

uncomfortably, to which

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