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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vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him

here?” I grunted and sat on

not about him anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we

are already stretched thin.

terms,” he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength is in turning words into weapons, then

of me. “You’re

focus on showing the pack what Alina really is. But

to bed without

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

carried a small bunch of notes, his

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in the training arena,” he

them to me.

my stomach clenching as

her plans to pitt the

been planning this for weeks,”

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been waiting

need to show this to Aurora immediately,” Trajan

to Aurora’s Quarters, and just as we

my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took

me, “I

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

didn’t notice me and Trajan standing by the door, and 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

don’t have to apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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

cleared his throat

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

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

spread over the

it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it.

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

meeting was set for that

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

unreadable.

raised her hand for silence among

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

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scanned the sea of faces

on Rowan.

most resilient when unity binds us all together,

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a

Rowan shifted uncomfortably,

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