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 .

heart thundered against my ribs , its rhythm matching the pulsing of the relics light

stop ! Warrick yelled , launching

was too

shot through my hand and I cried out , trying to pull away

was stuck , as if it had fused

but some energy from

! he yelled , his voice

7 I couldnt say

wildland endless , filling my every

came at me flashing fast , weird symbols ,

into place inside , an unseen

clutched at his chest , twisted

on ? he said , fighting to his

of the artifact stopped and

a strange sensation flowered

at me , his face a

I feel you , he

even to speak as

We were .

connected .

relic had done was binding them in a very

you done ? Warrick shouted

mean to , I said , my

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

at us

? He opened his mouth to

felt it a sharp , stabbing pain , like a knife twisting inside

over

managed to get out

breathing short and ragged

relic … its

like I had been punched in the

, which had bound them to each other , also actually put a curse on

stumbled back to the clearing , every step an

twisting through my head in ways that seemed to make it

fell to the earth , white faced , dripping in

down beside him , still clutching the relic in my hands , its glow hypnotic , now a reminder of

figure out how to break this , I said , shaking

throwing his head back

? You have some kind of

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

be a

saw- Symbols ? he interrupted , eyes narrowing

of the cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my mind when

Warricks face changed , frustration melting into

before , he

of the

mean ? I asked urgently He shook