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.

“She thrives on chaos.. If we don’t act soon,

to weaken her hold on the

eyes sparkling with

Dane. He nodded

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

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face reduced into a

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You really think the pack is going to

have to

to integrate into the pack, they just need to

his arms over his chest. “And you trust this

Alina before. If

his chair, lost

the down low could

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

Dane said. “Bring them in, and continue gathering information until we can piece her schemes together bit

night, when the others had gone to their quarters, I found

softly outside in the hearth; the warmth was a welcome comfort after the tension of

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pack’s going

in a

stared into the fire, the weight of leadership heavy on my shoulders. “It has to,” I

poisoned more minds than I realized. Even if we stop

this pack together through

him, his faith in me unwavering, stirring something deep inside. “Thank you,” I

“For what?”

always being my anchor,”

leaned in a little closer, his lips against mine in a

to deepen the kiss, while his

my chest loosening under the warmth that resided within his

turned more desperate as his hands

said against my

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hair before responding in whispered words, “And you

broke, as the soft knock on the door interrupted

stood to answer it.

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