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.”

after the fight, I sought out Aurora, hoping to find a friendly

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

asked,

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

attention.

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my mouth. “I saw them talking today, and I just… I don’t trust her, Aurora. It’s just that Warrick doesn’t appear to

back, eyes contemplative and fingers

this pack that I struggled with jealousy

frowned. “So, what did you

what matters,”

not even a certain Alina become a tarnish to this love between him and you.

“Thank you, Aurora.”

routine meetings, I saw her again: Alina hunched at the back as if she could not care, some moments passing with

into the palm of the person

A nole.

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gulped, for in a matter of a fraction of a second, the man actually

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as my suspicion picked up again. I sat there, frozen,

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

was just going on around me, voices

spoke of the harvest schedule to come.

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

walk away toward the training grounds, his walk quick

a stack of crates, watching him glance around him

too low for me to make it out, and then neatly refolded the

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ran back toward the packhouse, my insides turning, my head racing

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