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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from behind me and I flinched, I turned and saw

I grunted and sat

wolves too. If we do not act

him. “What do we do? Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How

” 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

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

need to focus on showing the pack what Alina really

bed without an

***

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

bunch of notes, his

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left behind in the training

them to me.

unfolded the notes, my stomach clenching as

outlining her plans to pitt the

been planning this for weeks,” I

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

need to show this to Aurora immediately,”

as we had it,

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

to me, “I don’t think this is

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

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

to apologize, my

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

cleared his throat and entered the

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

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

spread over the table.

But this is something that requires strategy on how to present it. She

game in public, we’ll

set for

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

unreadable.

for silence

been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time

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scanned the sea of faces until they came to

on Rowan.

all together, and it’s been under attack

and now is a very good time to

this, Rowan shifted uncomfortably, to

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