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 .

ever wanted to take charge of my own life

children

steps when

road used to mark one of the borders between Reed and

had dumped me the night theyd killed my

Id met

turned from the road like I was under a spell

the flat place Id dragged myself through

steps , and I found the oak with gnarled roots that Id used like handholds

few more , and here were the half buried boulders that had cut into my hands and

, and I

was still there

old ; it had probably been built by a homesteader hundreds of years

was covered in vines and moss

24 There was something

that lingered

tasted like

Like fate .

Aurora .

here ? Dane stood on the wall , the moon shining over his broad shoulders ,

have run here as a wolf

tried to turn and run into

it was

caught me before I ran

manacle of iron , and

be under my protection , he growled , And you may have been welcome at

trespassing on my land

Of course , she

stay in

own safety

of course , shed have to prove she

glow in the light of the moon , I couldnt help Chapter 24 wondering why shed

to this place when my dreams were

they had been

dreamed of

alternate life , where she was never a

mated in a treaty instead of as the