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

it was too late

through my hand and I cried out , trying to

hand was stuck , as if it

trying to yank me back , but some energy from the relic lashed

, his voice

I couldnt

artifacts power roared through me , wildland endless , filling my every

symbols , weird shadows

as something clicked into place inside , an

his chest , twisted

? he said

artifact stopped and my

clutching my chest as a strange sensation flowered there it was like a second

back at me ,

… I feel you , he

even to speak as it dawned on

We were .

connected .

had done was binding them

? Warrick shouted , his

I didnt mean to , I said

… Chapter 198 4/7 You just couldnt listen ! he

us

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

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

doubled over ,

managed to get out , my voice barely above a

his breathing short

relic …

had been punched in the stomach

which had bound them to each other

stumbled back to the clearing , every step an effort

was always there , tugging and twisting through my head

fell to

relic in my hands , its glow hypnotic , now a reminder of how wrong I had been

figure out how to break this

throwing his head back against a tree

, Piper ?

about ? 5/7 I tried to ignore

be

saw- Symbols ? he interrupted , eyes

a description of the cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my mind when Id

changed , frustration melting

seen those symbols before , he

one of the Nameless tombs

you remember what they mean ? I asked urgently He