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 .

my ribs , its rhythm matching the

stop ! Warrick yelled

was too

hand and I cried out

, as if it had fused

grabbed my arm , trying to yank me back , but some energy from the relic lashed out and

Piper ! he yelled ,

I couldnt

artifacts power roared through me , wildland endless ,

symbols , weird shadows ,

something clicked into place inside , an unseen line connecting us

chest

he said

glow of the artifact stopped and my hand was

as a strange sensation flowered there it was like a second

back at me , his face a mix of confusion

I feel you , he

speak

We were .

connected .

binding them in

have you done ? Warrick shouted , his

just happened , Piper ? I didnt mean to

just … Chapter 198 4/7 You just couldnt listen ! he snarled ; the anger burst out

and look at us now ! I was trying to help

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

his chest again , and I felt it a sharp , stabbing pain , like a

over ,

is this ? I managed to get out ,

his breathing

… its cursed

like I had been punched in the stomach

each other , also actually

clearing , every step an effort

tugging and twisting through my head in

Warrick fell to the

the relic in my hands , its glow hypnotic , now a reminder of how

figure out how to break this , I said

throwing his head back against

, Piper ? You have some

about ? 5/7 I tried to ignore the sarcasm , my mind

to be a

the symbols I saw- Symbols ? he interrupted ,

description of the cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my

face changed , frustration melting into something

seen those symbols before , he said

one of the Nameless tombs

? I asked urgently He