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 and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning on

grunted and sat on my

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

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

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 pack the truth. Actions speak

something inside of

focus on showing the pack

without

***

morning, the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who

carried a small bunch of notes, his

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in the training arena,” he

them to me.

notes, my stomach clenching as I read Alina’s

damning, outlining her plans to pitt the

planning this for weeks,” I said,

Warrick.

proof

show this to Aurora immediately,”

just as we

outburst, yesterday,” Dane

me, “I don’t think this is the right

I should be the one apologizing for refusing to listen to you,”

to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want to

my queen,” Dane said and

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

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat and entered

have to do that, I frowned as I followed him.

intently as I laid it all out, everything we

over the

we need to confront her. But this is

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

meeting was set for that

as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and Alina stood at the edge of the crowd, their

unreadable.

raised her hand for

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

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scanned the sea of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

resilient when unity binds us all together, and

and now is a

uncomfortably, to which Alina

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