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.”

I sought out Aurora, hoping to

in her office, papers everywhere, but she glanced up as I came in

asked, waving me to

Warrick and I… We argued.”

attention.

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talking today,

leaned back, eyes contemplative and fingers

times when Dane and I first started leading this pack that I struggled with jealousy too. It’s not always easy to

“So, what

what matters,” Aurora

a certain Alina become a tarnish to this love between him and you. Trust may at times be laboriously won but

“Thank you, Aurora.”

next morning, at one of our many routine meetings, I saw her again: Alina hunched at the

something into

A nole.

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of a fraction of a second, the man actually pocketed it; his

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Alina?” I whispered as my suspicion picked up again. I sat there,

with questions: What

just going on around me,

Aurora spoke of the harvest schedule to come. Actually, the one thing that got my

over in the dust while waiting for a final adjournment. I waited till Miles was out the door, walking quickly with

the training grounds, his walk quick without being hurried enough to

stack of crates, watching him glance around him nervously as he pulled the note out

of sight, and listened hard. He muttered something too low for me to make it

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packhouse, my insides turning, my head racing

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