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

Chapter 24 AURORA 1/5 It was a long drive through the night to the home where Id grown up .

In the years since Dane had driven out the Reeds , several trees had fallen across the old gravel road .

About a mile away , I had to get out and walk .

I knew from my faded memories that the forest at night used to be a place I loved .

A place that familiar to me .

A place I called home .

When I had my wolf , I was one of the creatures that ruled the night .

Even so , there were places wolves didnt dare to go .

Places ruled by ancient , evil things .

Now that I didnt have a wolf the whole forest felt more like that .

There was only a sliver of a moon .

Even though I was on a road , the trees leaned over it , twining their branches together , making it so dark I couldnt see my feet , or the path .

I could have used a flashlight … but sometimes it was safer to move through the dark than to draw attention with a light .

There were noises in the forest , too .

People who arent used to the woods think of it as a quiet place , but it isnt .

There are always sounds .

Animals moving .

The wind blowing the leaves .

The sudden crack of old , dead branches Chapter 24 falling from trees .

I ignored them all , keeping my eyes forward as I made my way toward memories I wanted desperately to leave sleeping .

But I couldnt .

if I ever wanted to take charge of my

my children and I and

twenty steps when I realized

to mark one of the borders between Reed and Montague

the Reeds had dumped me the night theyd

night Id met

from the road like I

flat place Id dragged myself through the ditch

the oak with gnarled roots that Id used like handholds to drag

more , and here were the half buried boulders that had cut into my hands and bruised my knees as I crawled

and I

wall was still

so old ; it had probably been

covered in

was something to

magic that lingered

tasted like destiny

Like fate .

Aurora .

the hell are you doing here ? Dane stood on the wall , the moon shining over his broad shoulders

must have run here as a wolf

gasped and tried to turn and run

was too

He caught me before I ran three

my wrist like a manacle of iron , and he jerked me back toward

, And you

of all people should know that trespassing on my land without permission means

Of course , she was

stay in her house

her own

, of course , shed have to prove she didnt

pale coloring making her practically glow in the light

I came to this place when my

had been tonight

dreamed of

, where she

had been mated in a treaty