Chapter 249

ALINA

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Firelight in the gathered hall danced upon the walls in long shadows while I sat toward the rear.

I chose my place for a specific reason: I could let my eyes trail across them, from the babbling wolves to those nervous looks at neighbors and the more who whispered stories of Rowan’s rise and fall into destruction.

“Did you hear how he argued with Aurora before he was arrested?” I whispered to Lyra, a younger wolf sitting to my side.

Lyra’s ears twitched. “I heard him say something about her playing favorites. Is that true?”

I sighed, faking reluctance. “I wouldn’t say that outright, but. There’s truth to every rumor, isn’t there? Rowan wouldn’t have acted out for no reason.”

Lyra frowned, her gaze wandering to the front of the room, where Aurora stood beside Dane. “But Aurora’s always been fair.”

“Fair?” I let the word hang in the air, laced with doubt.

“Fairness is not the same thing as a good leader, Lyra. Fair doesn’t mean it listens to everyone. Rowan wanted to be heard,

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and look where it got him.

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And in that, the seed was sown. Lyra’s doubt would grow like a fire taking to burn slowly, and I would be the one fanning the flames.

Later that day, I made my way to the training grounds, where a group of wolves sparred beneath the sharp commands of Piper.

Her voice rang out with authority, but with a jagged edge a hairline crack that I was more than happy to widen.

“Piper,” I called, taunting her with a sweet smile.

She turned, wiping the sweat off her forehead. “What do you want, Alina?”

“Just a moment of your time,” I said innocently. “You work so hard. I thought you could use a little break.”

Piper crossed her arms. “I’m busy.”

“Too busy to hear what Warrick’s been saying?”

knew I had her attention. “What are you

looking offhandedly toward

wolves. He

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clenched.

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said

And sometimes. admiration can

at me, her features hardening. “Why are you telling

you should know,” I replied, trying

to be prepared, Piper. Strong wolves like you don’t have to let others take

satisfying… I walked away, glad

I snuck into the now vacant quarters of Rowan in search

behind.

but one thing caught my eye:

near nonsensical at

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my chest, yet I kept

“What are you doing?”

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face Piper standing at the door with her arms

hiding the letter

her eyes. “You shouldn’t be in

asks, we’ll just say you were

brushing past her into the hallway as the letter seemed to burn like a secret in my

into the silence of my

the implications of the cryptic words. “The truth buried in

And how could

on my desk, my fingers trembling in

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be a fool, but his desperation had

leaned back in my chair, staring at the letter as

this pack,

have this?

stepped outside, I sat on the training grounds, pretending to watch the sparring

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voice cut through the space as she

grin back in place as he offered some kind

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