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

Chapter 34 AURORA He laughed my question off, like he always did .

But the conversation stayed with me throughout the week .

I sent the twins with Holden , to be guarded by the Fall Like Pack while I prepared .

Mrs.

Melville would have gone , too , but she had a sudden family emergency back in Europe , so I sent her home .

Between Evander and the Blue Ridge guards , we could make something work until she came back .

Normally , I wouldnt trust anyone else with my kids .

But Holden knew everything , and the more I talked to him , the more I realized there was more to him than the playboy Alpha he pretended to be .

Besides , his parents had met the twins in Europe , and they loved them .

Grandmother Augusta wasnt exactly affectionate , and I wanted the twins to have grandparent figures who were .

I asked my grandmother to send more High Alpine wolves .

What Esther Reed had done had lost me Danes trust possibly even more than running away five years ago had , and Id feel comfortable with members of my own pack … as long as they didnt work for my cousin Lilliana .

Chapter 34 But Grandmother Augusta said there was no one lo spare .

High Alpine had its own problems , its own pack wars .

What I was doing was only one of many plates my grandmother kept .

spinning , always making sure the pack stayed on top .

Stayed strong .

2/5 I understood .

Shed sent me here to prove myself , after all , and I would .

Youll see , darling .

You are the chosen of the goddess .

Dont be surprised if this is how you get your wolf back .

I blushed , grateful I was on a voice only call with my grandmother and she couldnt see me .

She hated shyness .

She saw it as weakness .

I hope so , grandmother .

grandmothers voice was firm

the only reason Im comfortable making

power youre unlocking with

that her words made me feel shame but pushed it down

Youre right grandmother .

disappoint you

I couldnt .

and my childrens were on the

with Aurora , I hadnt visited my grandfather

see him in his cottage on

it , but he only seemed to be

Ann ? he asked

, grandpa , I said

table , I gripped the arm

mansion she bought

she would come to see me again , he said

think Id kill her if she set

isnt welcome here

Shes Broken Forest .

A Reed .

grandfather glowered at

your mouth

You married her .

Shes a Montague .

not mated

She left me .

her like garbage ,

for that , I snarled

fork hard into a piece of

a breath

let it out through my teeth

Im sorry .

havent been sleeping well

since that night , captive

I couldnt sleep .

than ever , and I hated myself for still wanting her

Esther Reeds phone with its

throwing

recording

eyes when shed heard it … Shed been disappointed

Resigned .

real , and she didnt think Esther would have it ? Or because she knew Id jump at any chance to believe she was as conniving and manipulative as I claimed she was ? Stay here tonight

away from the

I agreed .

Evelyn was still at the pack