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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heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw him

and sat

wolves too.

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

laying his hands on my shoulders. “Her,” he said, ” Alina is the problem and we don’t fight her on her terms,” he said.

soothed something inside of me.

to focus on showing the

went to bed without an answer to

***

in the form of Trajan, who

small bunch of

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the

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I

outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against

this for weeks,” I said,

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve

to show this to

just as we

for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as

me, “I don’t think this is

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

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 the best couples I

have to apologize, my queen,”

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to kiss Aurora and I opened my eyes

ERM,” Trajan cleared his throat

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

and Dane listened intently as I laid it all out, everything we

spread over the table. The

in a firm, even tone. “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 turn this against us if we are not

If Alina wants to play this game in public, we’ll

set

clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and

unreadable.

raised her hand for

tension

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sea of faces until they

on Rowan.

all together, and it’s been under attack for a number of

sprouted, and now is a very good time to

uncomfortably, to

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