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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from behind me and I flinched,

and

the younger wolves too. If we do not act

we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we

crossed the room, 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 need

words soothed something inside of me. “You’re

need to focus on showing the pack what Alina really

to bed without

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me

carried a small bunch of notes, his expression

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left behind in the training arena,”

them to me.

my stomach clenching as

and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the

for weeks,” I said, handing the notes

Warrick.

proof we’ve been waiting

to show this to

just as

my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he

who whispered to me, “I don’t think this is

the one apologizing

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

to apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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

cleared his throat

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

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

notes had been spread over the table. The contents

“This is it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires

play this game in public,

set for that

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

unreadable.

hand for silence among the

of tension built up in this

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the sea of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

us all together, and it’s been under

and now is a very good

uncomfortably,

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