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

Chapter 20 DANE Everything in me went numb .

Time stopped .

I stared .

The children froze , as well .

They looked at me curiously .

I thought I heard Auroras breath catch for an instant .

Then she was between me and the children .

She took them each by the hand and knelt in front of them .

Uncle Trajan is hurt , but hell be all right .

Its not a good time to see him right now , but maybe in a few hours when his wolf has had time to heal him , okay ? The boy nodded .

The girl peered around her mothers shoulder at me curiously .

Aurora , I said through a clenched jaw .

Whose children are those ? Just then , a man came barreling down the hall .

He scooped the children into his arms and shot Aurora an apologetic grin .

Sorry .

They got away from me .

Dane , Aurora said quickly , gesturing at the newcomer .

You remember my cousin , Evander .

That was right .

When I heard a child cry the other day she said .

Chapter 20 2/5 her cousin had just arrived from Europe .

It could explain the girls dark hair and eyes , but not why she looked so much like Aurora .

And the boy ….

children ? I asked

look more than twenty three , and the kids had to

well ? No , Aurora said

Shes not .

in the kitchen , he

took the children and disappeared , and I was left wondering why

, who slept in the bed

my voice

trouble for me if he thought I was threatening the woman he saw

me about those children

cool , polite expression she always wore

was like a mask she used

visiting , she

at me , and

20 AURORA

he would pin

would have done years ago loomed over me , trapped me , threatened me

he was close and his voice was low

He asked .

he wouldnt kill me in an instant if I

, I

my voice and eye contact as steady

against

you keep looking at them that way

and backed

his

could tell he didnt entirely believe

me ? A knock

from mine

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

not as unkind to me when I was part of Blue Ridge as many of the other

and I gathered that he and Celia were speaking in

nodded , then shot me a small

the book again , Dane

were unexpected , and I remembered him asking why he shouldnt

he wanted to do that

my grandmother was right