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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to this,” I heard Warrick say from

I grunted and

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

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

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 pack the truth. Actions speak louder than

something inside of me. “You’re right,” I

need to focus on showing the pack what Alina really

went to bed without an answer to that

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who

small bunch of

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behind in the training arena,” he said,

them to me.

my stomach clenching as I

words were clear and damning, outlining her plans to

been planning this for weeks,” I said,

Warrick.

is the proof

this to Aurora immediately,”

rushed to Aurora’s Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

to me, “I don’t think this is the

should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to

Trajan took a few quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off

have to apologize, my

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kiss Aurora and I opened my eyes

his

do that, I frowned as I followed him. I

and Dane listened intently as I laid it all out, everything we had seen, every word we had

been spread over the table. The contents

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

this game in public, we’ll take the

set for

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

unreadable.

raised her hand for silence

said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time we aired them

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scanned the sea of faces until they came to

on Rowan.

all together, and

have sprouted, and now is a

uncomfortably, to which

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