Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 204 AURORA His jaw clenched , and for a moment , I saw the flash of pain in his face … not from his injuries , but from the helplessness of watching me fight alone .

And with this , the Nameless presses his advantage , attacking relentlessly to shower his blows upon me .

With every strike , the lair ripples with the shockwave that forces the pack to huddle for protection behind crumbling walls .

Shes losing , someone says , his voice trembling .

No , Piper snaps , her tone razor sharp .

Auroras stronger than any of us .

Shell find a way .

But even as she says it , doubt flickers in her eyes .

I call on the Moon Goddesss power once more , the pendant at my chest ablaze with light .

The energy courses through me , wild and untrammeled , filling every corner of my being .

The strain is beyond endurance .

My vision blurs , my limbs .

shake , and my heart feels as if it will burst .

The Goddesss whispering in my mind is barely audible but relentless .

You cannot wield this power without cost .

Chapter 204 2/8 I dont care , I whisper , my voice hoarse .

I have to end this .

The Nameless roars , his body expanding , the shadows around him darkening , churning wildly .

His power is huge smothering .

I know this is it his last stand .

You will fall , he growls .

Words that boom like thunder in my ears .

You and everything you love will be consumed .

Not today , I return , putting every last ounce of energy I have into one final attack .

Light exploded from me in a blinding wave , merging with the shadows of the Nameless in that cacophony of clashing powers that had shaken the earth to its foundations .

Everyone went .

flying across the ground the lair crumbled with us .

The Nameless was screaming , dissolving as a form from under the flood of light , and for just one moment I felt a fickle surge of triumph … until the backlash did indeed hit me .

Energy surges back toward me , sheer force overwhelming … The scream is ripped from my lungs , a pendant shattered against my chest as the last of the Moon Goddess power leaves me .

Pain racks my body , but its the emptiness that really terrifies me .

The connection to the pack , the bond that has always been my anchor , is gone .

The lair goes silent ; the Nameless is defeated .

is immediate , and its

through , and then hes there , hist hands on my shoulders , his eyes wild

Im .

, even though the words seem

shakes his head , the

Youre not .

… Aurora , the bond is

nod , the reality sinking

its

Im mortal now .

weight of those words settles between us , a

closes in , the faces marked by both relief

may be defeated , the injuries and destruction in his wake certainly are not

face twisted in

she says , her

? I dont know ,

lair as the battle took its toll upon us all , but what the pack could have become died the night before in more

the bond the pack shares with one another , a fracture to my relationship within

looking upon Dane and Piper ,

rebuild ,

voice is steady

nod , taking hold of the spark in his words

Together .

catching up on edges of broken stone and charred

weak in wrecked splendor , reminding me with immediate effect of how close

beside the old garden , the smell of damp soil combined with the subtle scent of ash in my nostrils

, finding its coolness ,

Dane is near .

can sense it as surely as I feel the warmth of the sun upon my skin , but he keeps

since the

much unsaid between us ,

cuts through the silence smooth and

, havent you , Luna ? I spin around ,

204 At the edge of the garden , a tall

, seem to pierce through met

demand , rising to my feet with muscles

steps forward ; his movements fluid , unhurried , as though he has all the time

says , the rich melodious sweetness of his voice like a whispered promise

find in your histories , but one that

face for even the slightest trace of

dont know

a faint

you know

past , you might say

the original members of this pack , back when Broken Ridge was little more than a

My breath catches .

Thats impossible .

it ? he echoes , unrelenting in

impossible things , have you ? The Nameless

The Moon Goddess .

that with them

204 6/8 I step into the clearing , and his frame becomes a

gaze searches for

he ? Dane asks , an edge to his voice

I reply , much

his eyes

after we defeat the Nameless , claiming to be from