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

her office, papers everywhere, but she glanced up

she asked, waving

into the chair. “Not really. Warrick and I… We argued.” Aurora set

attention.

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in my mouth. “I saw them talking today, and I just… I don’t trust her, Aurora. It’s just

leaned back, eyes contemplative

started leading this pack that I struggled with jealousy too. It’s

what did

what matters,”

become a tarnish to this love between him and you. Trust

“Thank you, Aurora.”

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

into

A nole.

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gulped, for in a matter of a fraction of a second, the man actually pocketed it; his expressionless face made no

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whispered as my suspicion picked up again. I

What could Alina be plotting this time? And

on around me, voices tangling into one indistinguishable

to come. Actually, the one thing that

had been staying near the exit, twisting my boots over and over in the dust while waiting for a final adjournment. I waited till Miles was out the door, walking quickly with

toward the training grounds, his

of crates, watching him glance around him

too low for me to make it out, and

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packhouse, my insides turning, my

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