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

Chapter 21 1/6 AURORA Dane lifted a hand and carefully traced the place three pages had been torn from the book .

The surrounding pages were splotched with an old , rust colored liquid .

Blood .

I had flipped through this book hundreds of times , trying to figure that out myself .

But I thought I knew .

The Reeds gave me this book because they said it was full of old scribbles .

They didnt think it was important .

I dont remember much about when they gave it to me because I was young .

That was only part of the reason .

So much of my life before marrying Dane was lost to me .

But I think I remember Esther Reed saying she tore them out .

Now I touched the torn places .

The book had been written hundreds of years ago .

Someone might have been able to translate it , if it was written in a language .

Instead , it was written in a code made of strange symbols .

As I got older , I discovered the symbols were revealing themselves to me .

Its an old gift that runs in our pack , my grandmother says a gift of magical interpretation .

From what Ive been able to read , the pages beforehand describe the setup for a ceremony .

The pages are the ceremony , itself .

Chapter 21 A ceremony ? Dane asked .

I nodded .

The ceremony is to reveal the moon goddesss chosen .

2/6 Why would Esther Reed take these pages if she couldnt read the book and didnt know how important they are ? Dane asked .

I dont know .

I spent almost twenty two years thinking I was their biological daughter .

Everything they ever told me was a lie .

Except that I couldnt trust the Montagues .

I did remember them saying that .

Over and over again .

Then they made me Danes wife and tried to control him through me .

But hed won , in the end .

them into the shadows in the deepest

freed him from me , too

think she kept them

leaned close , looking over my shoulder

head on his shoulder

that part of me still wanted so

laughed without humor

Probably .

Esther keeps everything .

been

rubbed his chin

a familiar gesture one he made when he was

house is

I remembered .

them out in a raid a year after

tide of the pack war against

end our marriage , and the first

asked , dread rising in

been raised since they poisoned me with silver and left me for

never intended to

we need to search

the book closed

We dont .

guide us to the

all we

is this ceremony in here

I hesitated .

and I hadnt had a civil conversation this

It was strange .

wasnt sure how I felt

is required to undo the magical

believe we can figure

if my grandmother was right , and the prophecy on the first page of the book

few years Id known her ,

need to find the chosen , there was no need for me to face my past and

21 4/6 But Dane

about messing with ancient magic

certain , you do everything required , or people die

go into the Reed

heart chilled at his

No we dont .

, all the rage and threat hed

Yes .

We do .

And we will .

the day after tomorrow

next night , I dreamed of the night my family killed

night I

Everything hurt .

were on fire

through the

curled up into a tiny corner of my mind , whimpering and

,

Please hang on .

, dont leave me ! Even in the dream , my childhood was no more than a dark shadow , but I knew my wolf was the