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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say from behind

grunted and sat on my

is not about him anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act fast, it can get out of hand,” he

and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who

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 to show the

inside of

on showing the pack what Alina really is.

without an

***

answer arrived in the form

bunch of

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behind in the

them to me.

the notes, my stomach

were clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against Aurora

weeks,” I

Warrick.

proof

this to Aurora immediately,”

and just as we had it, Dane was there with

outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took

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

be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to

standing by the door, and Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off

to apologize, my

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opened my eyes wide as I

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat

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

laid it all out, everything we had

spread over the table. The contents

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

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

was set for

clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane

unreadable.

hand for silence among

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

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sea of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

us all together,

have sprouted, and now is a very good time

Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to

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