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

Chapter 52 AURORA Do you believe me now ? I watched Dane take in the bleak reality of my childhood bedroom .

Bare and cold , it made the parts of me that remembered the past want to break down .

Run away .

But I couldnt do that now .

I had a mission .

And I would never allow myself to be weak in front of Dane .

His jaw set .

Even the Reeds couldnt raise a child like this .

I walked over to him and faced him .

Walk over to the bed .

Theres a loose brick on the wall three up and two over from where the bed touches the corner .

If you move it , youll find a little space where I kept my treasures .

I tried to remember what Id had stored back there on the night they poisoned me , killed my wolf , and set me up as bait for Dane .

A few quartz crystals , an acorn , maybe a few coins will be in there .

Dane gave me an unreadable look , then stalked past me to the corner Id indicated .

There was a grinding sound as he pulled out the brick .

I watched him , staying far back in the door so he couldnt accuse me of planting anything anywhere .

Chapter 52 2/5 His back went rigid .

When he pulled away , he hand a few small things in his hand .

He opened his palm .

Three quartz crystals , an acorn , and a few coins sat in his hand .

Proof enough ? I asked cooly .

fist around the treasures and squeezed

into his pocket and whispered ,

know how I was expecting him to

liar , I didnt actually expect him to ever feel bad about what hed done , how hed treated me

wasnt

he looked up at me , there was definitely regret on

There was a rumble , almost too

loose from the ceiling and drifted toward the

together , and he strode toward

need to leave

hed said and

when I tried … I

door was closed

Locked .

off since we got into this house started to rise up in a drowning tide

the place Id been

was the place Id

Id been convinced , more than once , I would never see the sun

spun back to him , he was g

longer

longer dusty

on the cot

stacked on the rickety table

corner wasnt broken ,

the only light

looked exactly like it had the last time

gave me

turned toward the door and beat my

was solid

Locked .

started seeping

I stumbled back .

the last few years were forgotten as the

like them , but colorless and gray

Esther grinned at me

Tonights the night .

1 I started to answer , but a voice cut me of Im ready , whispered another voice , 415 There was another shadow in this room

On the bed .

looked just like me and