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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I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him

here?” I grunted and sat on my

the younger wolves

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

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

soothed something inside of

need to focus on showing the pack what Alina really is.

went to bed without an answer to

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

small bunch of notes,

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the

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

words were clear and damning, outlining her plans to

been planning this for weeks,” I said, handing the

Warrick.

proof we’ve

this to Aurora

Quarters, and just as

my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took

me, “I don’t think this is the right

be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to you,” Aurora

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

my queen,” Dane said

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

cleared his throat

I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks flush as she saw

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

the notes had been spread over the table. The contents

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

play this game in public, we’ll take the stage and show the pack who she really

set

their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan

unreadable.

hand for silence

been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s

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of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

pack is at its most resilient when unity binds us all together, and it’s been under

and misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is

uncomfortably, to which

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