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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this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched,

I grunted and

in the younger wolves too. If we do not act

already stretched thin. How do we

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

soothed something inside of me. “You’re

the pack what Alina really

without an answer to

***

the answer arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached

bunch

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in the training

them to me.

unfolded the notes, my stomach clenching as I

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

weeks,” I said,

Warrick.

is the proof

to show this to Aurora

just as we

sorry for my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said as he took

Trajan who whispered to me, “I don’t think this is

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

back as he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands.

to apologize, my queen,” Dane said and

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Aurora and I opened my eyes wide

his throat and entered

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

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

been spread over the table. The contents were

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

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

meeting was set

murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward,

unreadable.

for silence among the

been lots of tension built up

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the sea of faces until

on Rowan.

binds us all together, and it’s been under attack

sprouted, and now is a very good time

Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to which Alina smiled

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