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 .

, its rhythm matching

Warrick yelled , launching himself toward

it was too

my hand and

as if it

yank me back , but some energy from the relic lashed out and sent him sprawling backward

Piper ! he yelled , his voice

I couldnt

roared through me , wildland endless ,

fast , weird symbols ,

something clicked into place inside , an unseen line

chest , twisted in

said ,

of the artifact stopped and my hand was

a strange sensation flowered there it

me , his face a mix

… I feel you , he whispered

, unable even to speak as it dawned on

We were .

connected .

binding them in a very personal and overwhelming

? Warrick shouted , his

happened , Piper ? I didnt mean to , I said

4/7 You just couldnt listen ! he snarled

, and look at us now ! I was

think I wanted this ? He opened his mouth to respond ,

felt it a

over , gasping

I managed to get out , my voice barely above

winced , his breathing short and ragged

… its

had been punched in the

them to each other , also actually put

back to the clearing

and twisting through my head in ways

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

relic in my hands , its glow

how to break this , I said , shaking

throwing his head back against a

? But how , Piper ? You have some kind of

I dont know about ? 5/7 I tried to ignore the sarcasm ,

has to be a

the symbols I saw- Symbols ? he

I swallowed hard and plunged into a description of the cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my mind when

Warricks face changed , frustration melting into something

before ,

one of the

? I asked urgently He shook