Chapter 348

I stormed away from the argument, my boots crunching against the forest floor. My pulse raced while my thoughts swirled in frustration. “Why now? Why does it always have to come to this?” I muttered under my breath.

I stopped near a large tree and spread out another piece of paper from the cache we’d found.

My eyes scanned over the symbols and coded text, the faint moonlight barely showing the fine markings.

Rowan was the first to catch up with me, his voice softer now. “Piper, wait.”

I didn’t look up. “Rowan, I don’t have time for this.”

“You don’t have time to let Warrick’s insecurities ruin your focus,” he replied. “We’re on the same side here.”

I sighed but said nothing, my attention fixed on the document. That’s when my eyes caught a phrase buried in the code:

trust is the

it?” Rowan asked, leaning

steeled myself and pointed to the words. “This… It’s talking about someone inside the

clenched. “A

reply, Warrick called out

secret you two

my patience thin.

is, is it?” He crossed his arms, glaring at Rowan. “Funny how he’s always the one you confide

stopped sulking for one second, you’d see there’s more

the paper. “We

frowned, stepping closer. “What

message about someone inside the

the paper neatly and tucked it into my pocket. My heart pounded as I looked

“What do we

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