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

world where my children and I and everyone else I loved could be

twenty steps when I realized where

one of the borders between

had dumped me the night theyd

Id

like I

the flat place Id dragged

oak with gnarled roots that Id

that had cut into my

I stepped into

wall was still

; it had probably been built by a homesteader

was covered in vines

something to this

magic that lingered

like

Like fate .

Aurora .

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

must have run here as a wolf

to turn and run into

it was

me before

wrist like a manacle of iron ,

he growled , And you may

all people should know that trespassing on

Of course ,

told her to stay in her house

own safety

of course , shed have to prove she didnt have to

pale coloring making her practically glow in the light of the moon , I couldnt help Chapter 24

came to this place when my dreams

they had

dreamed of her

life , where she was never

was peace , and she and I had been mated in