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 leaning on the

grunted and sat on

of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it

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

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.

words soothed something inside of

need to focus on showing the pack

to bed without an answer to

***

the form of Trajan, who approached me outside the

bunch of notes, his

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the training arena,” he

them to me.

notes, my stomach clenching as

and damning, outlining her plans to

been planning this for weeks,”

Warrick.

proof

show this

and just as we had it, Dane was

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

me, “I don’t think this

one apologizing for refusing to

tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I

apologize, my queen,” Dane said

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my eyes wide

Trajan cleared his throat and entered

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

it all out,

spread over

proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it. She will turn this against us if we are

a meeting. If Alina wants to play this game in public, we’ll

was set

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

unreadable.

hand for silence

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

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of faces until

on Rowan.

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

is a very

shifted uncomfortably, to

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