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 of the

my forearm a habit of mine when

forced my hands to my sides

host appeared in front of us

3/6 Violet Mannering was a tall , middle aged woman with perfect curls in her shining

she was beautiful , her skin

the floor as she bowed

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grandmother said you have

us on all sides , surrounding us

it was so dark I couldnt even tell

eyes , and I realized something was

for the graying , death

have strange

were black with red irises that glowed like burning

realized , also , that she wasnt

she and the shadows of the vampires around us hung like

smiled , showing long , needle like fangs

Welcome .

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stared at the ultrasound screen

really was

at me , then at

in Atlanta , at the

the office blurred in the background as I stared at that screen

did want children

be happy about this

felt wrong

had gotten out of joint somehow

the feeling and

her arm through mine as

wanted to leave through

to take pictures

was why Id paid the doctor to meet us at night

, her eagerness only deepened my suspicions about who sold the story

always put more importance on public opinion

care at all ,

the businesses mattered were