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 .

something is going to swoop out of the shadows and kill you any second

raised scar on my forearm a habit of mine

I forced my hands

in front of us

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

, her skin was

the floor as she bowed her head to us

? I asked

grandmother said you have some information

gathered around us on all sides , surrounding

, it was so dark I couldnt even tell which direction the door was

I realized

, except for the graying , death like tones of

usually have

the whites of Violets eyes were black with

realized , also , that she wasnt standing like

shadows of the vampires around us hung like

smiled , showing long , needle like

Welcome .

great need

Chapter 18 There it

, said the doctor

stared at the ultrasound screen

was pregnant

at me , then at

in Atlanta , at the best OBGYN in the

of the office blurred in

want children

to be happy about this

felt wrong

gotten out of

shook off the feeling and thanked the

mine as we walked out

pouted and wanted to leave through

paparazzi chances to take pictures of us as a happy couple

my life for now , which was

the story of Aurora being a homewrecker to the tabloids

more importance on public opinion than other

all , if scandal didnt affect business

the only reason the businesses mattered were because