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 .

she wouldnt have pressed one of her hands over the swell of her

took a breath , forcing the man to take over , forcing the

I did rage

took a step back and realized you might be motivated to

should have realized it a long time ago

her side now , then ? Evelyn asked

, just

on the side of the Blue Ridge Pack , I said

alive through all the shit weve

you love Aurora , Evelyn said

stated it flat out in an emotionless

, but she finally got what

didnt know

I felt , it had nothing to do with

between Aurora

that were on a fucking roller coaster

I wanted to shut down everything we had , finish this thing we were doing with High Alpine , and

like a knife stabbed into my gut and twisted over and over and over again

, Evelyn ? I

She ugged .

up from

the easy , graceful woman whod attracted

shed shown she was selfish , image

, even if I didnt know all

was still loyal , kind , and caring

I looked at Evelyn ,

was

elegant woman Id fallen for , but not a shallow shell of a person ,

did you send that picture , Evelyn ?

smile held

the women in your life stopped keeping secrets from you

again and turned to walk She hadnt

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

through my

had to fight to keep at bay , even as a grown man