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

a world where my children and I and everyone else

than twenty steps when I realized where

to mark one of the borders between Reed and Montague land

the

Id

turned from the road like I was under a

was the flat place

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

were the half buried boulders that had cut into my hands and bruised

and I stepped into the faint

wall was still

it had probably been built by a homesteader hundreds of years ago

in vines and moss

24 There was something to this

magic that lingered

like destiny

Like fate .

Aurora .

on the wall ,

must have run here as a wolf

and tried to turn and run into

it was too late

caught me before I ran

like a manacle of iron ,

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

of all people should know that trespassing

course , she was here

her to stay

her own

to prove she didnt have

practically glow in the light of the moon , I couldnt help

place when

had

Id dreamed of her

, where she

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