Chapter 245

Aurora

As the crowd began to disperse, Alina’s gaze focused on Rowan.

Her smirk was gone, replaced by something colder, sharper.

“This isn’t over,” she muttered, her words addressed to no one in particular.

But the look in her eyes told me the battle was far from won.

I watched Alina leave, her steps slow and calculated, Rowan trailing behind her like a shadow.

The crowd reduced, wolves murmuring amongst themselves as they returned to their homes.

Dane stood beside me, his jaw clenched.

“She’s not giving up,” he said.

“I know,” I said, my voice low. “And Rowan is too entangled in her web to see the truth. She’s feeding off his doubts, and if we’re not careful, she’ll tear this pack apart before we can stop her.”

Dane’s hand came down on my shoulder, anchoring me.

“We need a real plan. Something that doesn’t just counter her lies but exposes her for what she is.”

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them, in the council room.

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Trajan, Piper, Warrick, and Joclyn all sat around the table, their

faces taut like the silence.

“Alina’s more dangerous than we thought,” I started.

“She isn’t just working against unity, she is actually planning some heavy–handed means of bringing us down. Tonight was proof.”

Piper leaned forward, her hands clasped tightly.

“It is only Rowan’s hesitation that is holding this back from completely spiraling out of control.

But the more Alina pushes him, the likelihood that he may act before we are ready increases.

on chaos.. If we don’t act soon, she’ll have enough wolves on

to weaken her hold on the pack. But

head, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. “What are

looking at Dane. He nodded

might be able to help. Someone who knows Alina’s tactics better than

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face reduced into a

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talking about bringing in an outsider? You really think

to

doesn’t need to integrate into the pack, they just need to give us the information we

arms over his chest. “And you trust this

Alina before. If anyone can aid us,

back in his chair,

on the down low could actually

think they’re part of our crew, she won’t try to

and continue gathering information until we can piece her schemes together bit by

others had gone to their quarters, I found myself alone with Dane in the stillness of his

in the hearth; the warmth was a welcome comfort after

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going to make it through this?”

in a

the fire, the weight of leadership heavy on my

than I realized. Even if we stop

my knee. “You’ve held this pack together through worse. We’ll get

his faith in me unwavering, stirring something deep inside. “Thank

“For what?”

always being my anchor,”

little closer, his lips against mine in

moved to my cheek, angling my head to deepen the kiss, while his

of myself during this moment–the tension in my chest

as his hands moved across my skin tenderly yet

he said against my

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my fingers within his hair before responding

broke, as the soft knock on

my heart still racing, as Dane stood to answer it. Trajan stood on the other

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