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

Chapter 123 DANE 1/5 Wh … are you trying to tell me , Evelyn ? I asked .

Id known her for so long .

Id seen her happy , angry, smug , self righteous , and livid with rage .

But I had never seen her look … burdened .

Or tired .

Or uncertain .

She looked all of those things now .

She was always so confident , it felt wrong to see this worn look on her face , instead .

Instead of answering directly , she rubbed the crescent shaped birthmark on her arm .

The one that had let me know she was the same girl who got kidnapped with me when we were children .

Did you see the picture I sent you ? Of Aurora and- I saw it , I said .

My hands curled into fists .

My nails turned to claws and pressed into my palms with a sharp , piercing pain .

I only curled them harder .

You didnt fly into a rage and throw her out of the pack house , though , Evelyn said .

I turned on her , and only digging down to the iron core of my control kept me from turning into my lycan form and taking her by the throat .

Is that why you sent it ? Chapter 123 2/5 Most people would look intimidated if I turned on them like that .

Evelyn just regarded me with cool blue eyes .

I think so .

But she wasnt completely unaffected .

a little afraid , she wouldnt have pressed one of her hands over the swell of her

, forcing the man to take over , forcing the wolf to

did

I took a step back and realized you might be motivated to make her look

realized it a

are on her side now , then ?

angry ,

of the Blue Ridge Pack , I said

us alive through all the shit weve stirred

Aurora , Evelyn

flat out in an emotionless

, but she finally got

didnt know what to say

I felt , it had nothing to do with Evelyn either

Aurora

roller coaster , and I wanted off

mine , or I wanted to shut down everything we had , finish this thing we were

, the thought of never seeing her again felt like a

,

She ugged .

she stood up from the wall

easy , graceful woman whod attracted me all those

shed shown she was selfish , image obsessed , and vain

her childhood hadnt been easy , even if

she was still loyal , kind , and

I looked at Evelyn

who was

for , but not a shallow shell of a person ,

, Evelyn ? I

held no humor

think its time the women in your life stopped keeping

on her belly again and turned to walk She hadnt gone three steps when she paused

kidnapped by the Reeds as a child ? Slowly , I nodded

through

to fight to keep at bay , even as a grown man Chapter 123 20 years later