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

Chapter 198 PIPER The relic glowed under the dim light that managed to sieve .

through the thick canopy .

There was something different about its glow , like it was some living thing which breathed power and danger .

I knelt before it , my fingers hovering over its rough surface .

Warricks voice cut through the stillness , sharp and angry .

Piper , dont .

You dont know what that thing will do .

looked at him , his face a mask of concern and frustration .

And if I dont do something , what happens then ? Auroras drowning , Trajans capture , Danes gone tell me , Warrick , what happens if I just stand by ? He moved closer , his hand reaching out to stop me , it seemed .

We dont even know what it is .

What if you make things worse ? I spun back to the relic , my jaw clenching .

Worse than this ? Ill take my chances .

Piper .

His voice gentled , almost pleading now .

This isnt the way .

I faced him fully now , anger boiling over .

And what is ? Hiding ? Chapter 198 Waiting ? Watching everyone around us suffer while we do nothing ? 2/7 His eyes searched for mine , and for a moment , I saw something unguarded there fear , perhaps .

Not of himself , but of me .

Im trying to protect you .

I faltered .

My determination stopped for one heartbeat .

Then I turned back to the relic .

I dont need your protection , Warrick .

Before he could say another word , I laid my hand on the relic .

In an instant , the air moved around me , thick and electric .

The glow coming from the relic brightened as its face rippled , like water into which someone had thrown a stone .

My ears whined with the low noise that grew louder by the second .

thundered against my ribs , its rhythm matching

! Warrick yelled

was too late

shot through my hand and I cried out , trying

was stuck , as if it had

, but some energy from the

! he yelled , his voice

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wildland endless , filling my

fast , weird symbols , weird

inside , an

chest , twisted in pain

said ,

the artifact stopped and my

as a strange sensation flowered there it was like a second heart ,

Warrick , who stared back at me , his face a

I feel you

nodded , unable even to speak as it dawned on

We were .

connected .

was binding them in a very

done ? Warrick

? I didnt mean to , I

couldnt listen ! he snarled

to touch it , and look at us now ! I

He opened his mouth to

felt it a sharp , stabbing pain , like a

doubled over

to get

winced , his breathing short

… its cursed

like I had been punched in the

bound them to each other ,

to the clearing

always there , tugging and twisting through my head in ways that seemed to make

edge of the forest , Warrick fell to the earth , white faced , dripping in sweat

sat down beside him , still clutching the relic in my hands , its glow hypnotic ,

to break this , I

, throwing his head back against

think ? But how , Piper ?

about ? 5/7 I

to be a way

? he interrupted , eyes narrowing

into a description of the cryptic symbol flashes

melting into something else hope , perhaps

seen those symbols before

of the

? I asked