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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known that Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me

here?” I grunted and sat on my

in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can get out of

“What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin.

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

soothed something inside of me.

on showing the pack what Alina

went to bed without an answer

***

in the form of

a small bunch of notes,

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in the training

them to me.

notes, my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

were clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt

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

Warrick.

the proof we’ve

need to show this

Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was

Dane said as he

to me, “I don’t think

should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen

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 moment between the best couples

have to apologize, my

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

cleared his

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

intently as I laid it all out,

the notes had been spread over the table.

need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how

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

was set for that

by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward,

unreadable.

hand for

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

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scanned the sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

us all together, and it’s been under attack

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good time to

shifted uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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