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

stop ! Warrick yelled , launching

was

pain shot through my hand and

, as if

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

yelled , his

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artifacts power roared through me , wildland endless , filling my

, weird symbols ,

as something clicked into place inside ,

his chest , twisted in

on ? he said ,

stopped and my hand

stumbled backward , clutching my chest as a strange sensation flowered

Warrick , who stared back at me , his face a mix of

you , he

to speak as it dawned

We were .

connected .

relic had done was binding them in a

have you done ? Warrick

just happened , Piper ? I didnt mean

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

us

mouth to respond , but his face suddenly paled

and I felt it a sharp , stabbing

over

this ? I managed to get out

breathing short and ragged

relic …

felt like I had been

which had bound them to each other , also

back to the clearing , every step

through

finally reached the edge of the forest , Warrick fell to the earth

, its glow hypnotic , now

how to break this , I said ,

, throwing his head back against a tree

, Piper ? You have some kind of

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

be

saw- Symbols ?

the cryptic symbol flashes that had crossed my

, Warricks face changed , frustration melting into something else hope , perhaps

those symbols before

one of the Nameless

I asked urgently