Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 18 AURORA Two days later days during which I did everything I could to keep the twins out of the way of the wolves from the Blue Ridge Pack Trajan and I were on our way to dinner with vampires .

Since Dane was my partner , I hesitantly agreed to contact him about it the morning of the dinner .

His Bela , Archer Fox , informed me that Dane was out of town .

The Mannerings were an old vampire family who had lived on the edge of Atlanta for years in an old , crumbling mansion that dated back to the Civil War .

Trajan and I pulled up the long drive just after sunset .

The vampire home wasnt as isolated as the pack houses wolves preferred , but it was still on its own deep in the woods .

We went to the door .

Before we could knock , it opened .

A voice drifted out it was breathy and old , and I couldnt tell if it belonged to a man or a woman .

Please , come in … I moved to step inside , but Trajan put a hand on my arm and met my eyes .

Let me go first .

I nodded , suddenly tense as he went in .

Chapter 18 2/6 Id had a few dealings with vampires before .

They werent nearly as common as wolves , and they didnt care as much for the modern world .

But what they did have was ancient knowledge .

If you ever needed information about a treasure , a curse , or anything like that , vampires would know .

If you dared enter their lairs and risk being killed , you could learn many things .

That was why I was here because my grandmother had gotten word from some of her own vampire contacts that this family might know more about the power we were after .

All we knew was that it was ancient and buried beneath the Appalachian Mountains .

That it was supposed to bring magic back to the world which would make already magical creatures even more powerful .

Trajan glanced back and nodded to me , and I slowly followed him in .

Theres a certain feel to vampire homes .

Opulent wealth thats decayed .

Ancient knowledge .

is going to swoop out

my forearm a habit

forced my hands

in

Mannering was a tall , middle aged woman with perfect

she was beautiful , her skin was the white of new

floor as she bowed her head

Mannering ?

said you have some information

us on all sides

so dark I couldnt even

I realized

the graying , death

have strange

with red irises that glowed

, also , that she wasnt standing like a normal person

of the vampires around us hung like puppets on

, showing long , needle

Welcome .

have great need of your blood

There it is

said the doctor

stared at the ultrasound screen

really was pregnant

hugely at me , then at

at the best OBGYN

office blurred in the background as I stared

did want children

be happy

it felt

gotten out of joint

shook off the feeling

arm through mine as we walked

pouted and wanted to leave

give paparazzi chances to take pictures

had enough paparazzi in my life for now , which was why Id paid the doctor to meet us

her eagerness only deepened my suspicions about who sold the story of Aurora being

put more importance on public opinion than other

, if

businesses mattered were because they