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 .

rhythm matching the pulsing of the relics light

Warrick yelled ,

was too

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

if it had fused to the

grabbed my arm , trying to yank me back , but some

he yelled , his

I

me , wildland endless , filling

fast , weird symbols , weird shadows , and then

place inside ,

chest , twisted

he said

artifact stopped and my hand was

backward , clutching my chest as a strange sensation flowered there

at me ,

I feel you , he whispered

even to speak as it

We were .

connected .

was binding them in a very personal and overwhelming way

have you done ? Warrick shouted , his

mean to , I said , my voice

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

look at us now

mouth to respond , but his

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

over , gasping

… what is this ? I managed to get out , my voice barely

his breathing short and ragged

relic … its cursed

been punched in the

them to each other ,

to the clearing , every step an effort

bond between us was always there , tugging and twisting through my

the edge of the forest , Warrick fell to

still clutching the relic in my hands ,

how to break this , I said , shaking

his head

Piper ? You have some kind of magic

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

be a

Symbols ? he

cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my mind when Id touched the relic

, frustration melting into something else hope

seen those symbols before , he said

of the Nameless tombs

mean ? I asked urgently He shook his head