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 .

thundered against my ribs , its rhythm matching the pulsing of

Warrick yelled ,

it was too

and I

if it had

yank me back , but some energy from the relic lashed out

198 Piper ! he yelled , his voice

I couldnt

wildland endless

symbols , weird shadows , and then Warrick

something clicked into place inside , an

at his chest

? he said , fighting

of the artifact stopped and my

chest as a strange sensation flowered there it was like a

me , his face a mix of confusion and

feel you , he whispered

to speak as it dawned on

We were .

connected .

done was binding them in a very personal and overwhelming way

? Warrick shouted ,

just happened , Piper ? I didnt mean to , I said , my

198 4/7 You just couldnt listen ! he

at us now ! I was trying to help

? He opened his mouth to respond , but

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

over , gasping

I managed to get out ,

breathing short and ragged

relic … its cursed

like I had been punched

relic , which had bound them to each other ,

clearing ,

and twisting through my

the forest , Warrick fell to the earth ,

still clutching the relic in my hands , its glow hypnotic ,

how to break

laughed darkly , throwing his head back against a tree

Piper ? You have some

5/7 I tried to ignore the sarcasm , my

has to be a

saw- Symbols ? he interrupted ,

into a description of the cryptic

melting into something else hope , perhaps

before

one of the

they mean ? I asked urgently