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 .

swoop out of the shadows and kill

my forearm a habit of

hands

in

Mannering was a tall , middle aged woman with

was beautiful , her skin was the white of new

had her eyes on the floor as she bowed

Mannering ?

you have some information for

us on all sides ,

, it was so dark I couldnt even tell which

and I realized

easily pass for humans , except for the graying , death like tones of their skin

usually have strange eyes

black with red irises

that she wasnt standing

vampires around us hung

long , needle like

Welcome .

have great need of your

Chapter 18 There it is

, said

stared at the ultrasound

really was pregnant

me , then at

in Atlanta , at the best OBGYN in the

blurred in the background as I stared

want

be

it felt wrong

my life had gotten out of

shook off the feeling and thanked

put her arm through mine as we walked out a back entrance

wanted to

take pictures of us as a happy couple

enough paparazzi in my life for now , which was why

only deepened my suspicions about who sold the story of Aurora being a homewrecker to the tabloids in the first place

more importance on

care at all , if scandal didnt affect business

the only reason the businesses mattered were