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.

push,” Trajan said. “She thrives on chaos.. If we don’t act

“We need to weaken her hold on the pack. But we can’t do

her head, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

at Dane. He nodded slightly,

pack who might be able to help. Someone

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face reduced into

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You really think the pack

to know,” I

first. This person doesn’t need to integrate into the pack, they just need to

over his chest. “And you

Alina before. If anyone

leaned back in his chair, lost

it on the down low could actually work

our crew, she won’t

“Bring them in, and continue gathering information until

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

outside in the hearth; the warmth was

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going to make it

a low

fire, the weight of leadership

be easy. Alina poisoned more minds than I realized. Even

out and squeezed my knee. “You’ve held this pack together through worse. We’ll

looked at him, his faith in me unwavering,

“For what?”

my anchor,”

a little closer, his lips

cheek, angling my head to deepen the kiss, while his other one slid around my waist, tugging met

go of myself during this moment–the tension in my chest loosening under the warmth that resided

kisses turned more desperate as his hands moved

he said against

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his hair before responding in whispered

as the soft knock

racing, as Dane stood to answer it. Trajan stood on the

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