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

and sat

seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too.

are already stretched thin. How do we fight someone who thrives 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

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

focus on showing the pack what Alina

went to bed without an answer to that

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me outside

bunch of notes, his

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the training arena,” he

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I read

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

for weeks,” I said, handing

Warrick.

proof we’ve been

need to show this to Aurora immediately,” Trajan

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

Dane said

whispered to me, “I don’t think

understand you, Dane, I should be the one apologizing for refusing to

quiet steps back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t want

apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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

his throat and

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

intently as I laid it all out,

over the table. The contents

in a firm, even tone. “This is it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But

If Alina wants to play this game in public,

was set

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

unreadable.

hand for silence among

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

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eyes scanned the sea of faces until they came to rest

on Rowan.

all

sprouted, and now is

Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to

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