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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Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him leaning on the

here?” I grunted and sat on my

anymore. Alina’s been planting seeds of doubt in the younger wolves too. If we do not act

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

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

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

the pack

went to bed without an answer to

***

form of Trajan, who approached me outside the

carried a small bunch of notes, his expression

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behind in the training arena,” he

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as

damning, outlining her plans

for weeks,”

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been waiting

this to

Aurora’s Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was there with

outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took Aurora’s

to me,

I understand you, Dane, I should be the one

Trajan standing by 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

to apologize, my queen,”

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eyes wide as I screamed, ‘yes‘ in

cleared his throat and

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

listened intently as I laid it all out,

notes had been spread over the table. The contents were

need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it. She will turn this against us if we are

wants to play this game in public, we’ll take the stage and show the pack

set for

and

unreadable.

for silence among the

for coming,” 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.

is at its most resilient when unity binds us all together, and it’s been under attack for a number

and now is a very good time

shifted uncomfortably, to

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