Chapter 332

“You think this is about change? You think a few apologies erase everything?”

Warrick took a step forward, his voice rising. “No, I don’t. But I’m trying, Piper! And instead of talking to me, you’re confiding in everyone else. Do you have any idea how that feels?”

I positioned myself between them, my voice carrying a blend of understanding and authority. “That’s enough.”

“I’m not doing this for you, for her, or anyone,” Piper shook her head and stepped forward, her gaze locking onto him with unwavering intensity. “You never understand, Warrick. It’s not about what you have done but about how I feel about you now.”

Warrick’s voice broke in challenge, cracking in a husky question, “How… how do you feel?”

Piper said nothing. Her lips stretched flat and narrow. “I do not know.”

Warrick threw up his hands and walked away. “Fine. When you figure it out, let me know.” He walked off, leaving Piper and me in heavy silence.

Later that night, Piper and I were at the edge of the pack house

the crunching of leaves beneath our

then, in an instant, her body

earth, eyes aglow with the moon. The pale light danced across

arrows.

“Kaida’s army,”

tightly. “What do we

Piper behind a tree. “We need to

are.”

to the soft whispers.of

pack’s weaker than we

want us to exploit that. Go for the young wolves; they’ll be the first to

curled tight inside my

and call Evelyn and Trajan; we need as many eyes as we can

to the floor in a squat, keeping my eyes on the men sitting around the campfire, watching them keenly. I noticed a few women with them who wore burkas; they were the ones serving the men. They were drinking wine as they ate from the roasted meat on the fire. I licked my lips as I realized I hadn’t eaten all day. My stomach groaned, and I held it as I got up to my feet slowly,

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