Chapter 250

PIPER

Just now starting around the corner towards the training ground, the crunch of leaves including muffled tones of voices in the air; I had looked for nothing, just some fresh air to clear the head, until the unmistakable throaty laugh boomed from right in front.

Warrick’s laughter.

Frozen, the sound hit me like a fist.

There he was, casually leaning against a post, his shoulders. relaxed as he spoke with Alina. She smiled, her voice too soft to make out the words, but whatever she said made him chuckle again.

My stomach turned.

By the time I confronted Warrick later that evening, there was an undeniable edge in my tone.

“You seemed awfully happy with Alina today,” I said, crossing my arms and blocking his path in the common room.

Warrick blinked, definitely caught off guard. “What do you mean?”

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“Oh, don’t play stupid, Warrick. I saw you with her. Laughing. Smiling. The two of you practically best buds,” I snarled.

His brow furrowed as he brought his voice down a notch, bending toward me to meet my level of seriousness.

“You’re being ridiculous, Piper. She made a joke, I laughed. That’s it.”

I rolled my eyes. “You really expect me to believe that? Alina doesn’t do anything for a reason, and you’re falling right into her trap.”

His frustration had his jaw stiff; Warrick visibly bit his tongue. “You’re blowing this way out of proportion. Do you even hear yourself right now?”

“Oh, I hear myself just fine,” I snapped, the bitter tone of my voice surprising even me. “I just wish you’d hear me, too.”

the fight, I sought out Aurora, hoping to

late in her office, papers everywhere, but she glanced up as I came in and melted a little at the look of

okay, Piper?” she asked, waving me

chair. “Not really. Warrick and I… We argued.” Aurora set her work aside and gave me

attention.

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my mouth. “I saw them talking today, and I just…

eyes contemplative and fingers

were times when Dane and I first started leading this pack

frowned. “So, what did

matters,”

Let no one and not even a certain Alina become a tarnish to this love between him and you. Trust may at times be laboriously won but again

“Thank you, Aurora.”

I saw her again: Alina hunched at

caught her slipping something into the palm

A nole.

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a matter of a fraction of a second, the man

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suspicion picked up again. I sat there,

my chest, my mind boiling over with questions: What could Alina be plotting this time? And what was Miles doing with

was just going on around

the harvest schedule to come. Actually, the one thing that got my attention

dust while waiting for a final adjournment. I waited

training grounds, his walk quick

glance around him nervously

closer, keeping out of sight, and listened hard. He muttered something too low for me to make it out, and then neatly

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my insides turning, my

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