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

if I ever wanted to create a world where my children and I and everyone else

twenty steps when I realized

the borders between Reed

me the night theyd killed my wolf with silver

Id met Dane

turned from the road like I was under a spell

flat place Id dragged myself through

with gnarled roots that Id used like handholds to drag

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

and I stepped into the faint moonlight

was still there

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

in

was something to this place

magic that lingered

tasted like

Like fate .

Aurora .

are you doing here ? Dane stood on the wall , the moon shining over

run here as a wolf

and tried to turn

it was too late

caught me before I ran three

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

protection , he growled , And

that trespassing on my land

Of course , she

to stay in her

her own safety

of course , shed have to

I looked down at her , her pale coloring making her practically glow in the light

I came to this place when

had been

dreamed of her

life , where she was

had been mated in a treaty instead of as the climax of