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

Chapter 207 AURORA The meadow is alive , and it can feel my presence through the air thick and electric .

My limbs shook but I forced myself to remain firm .

I look right into his eyes .

He slowly inches closer as he speaks , You shouldnt have come here , this was not for finding .

I breathe steadily , the tips of my fingers grazing against the cracked pendant on my chest .

I did not come here accidentally , I say , firm words that oppose the trembling .

He cocks his head to one side , a gleam seeming to pass over his green , shining eyes as he looks at me inquiringly , an analyst might .

The place around us suddenly starts to change ; the roots of the trees begin to hum with faint , quick pulsars , almost in rhythm .

with some heartbeat .

Truth is a dangerous thing , Luna , it says in a low rumbling .

voice .

Once seen , it cannot be unseen .

Who are you ? I ask , my pulse racing .

I am Lirien , it says after a long pause .

The Keeper of the Chapter 207 Grove .

A guardian bound to this place since Kaels betrayal .

2/6 The name sends a shiver down my spine .

Betrayal ? I echo , my voice barely above a whisper .

Lirien nods , his form rippling like smoke caught in the wind .

Kaels greed corrupted the roots of this grove .

His pact with the Moon Goddess was meant to preserve balance , to protect the pack .

But he broke that pact , and in so doing , he cursed this place and everything tied to it .

I swallow hard , the weight of Liriens words settling .

Why there was so much loss and pain ? Yes

tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats like the

the lifeblood of

me , eating away

fix

? Liriens eyes flash , its voice

inscription on the tree

over there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what was

I ask although I know

for a life , Lirien says

there

will the balance be

feels like it presses down upon me , the feeling like something

? I whisper , my head

has to be another way , another thing we could do

other way ,

the grove runs deep , its roots tainted by centuries of sin

the purest act of selflessness can cleanse it

as I

me to

this might work ? Liriens form

a

a

you can

press a hand to the pendant on my chest ,

leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien says , his

time , the

with that , the balance between the mortal and

, the only sound the

the earth around me begins to shudder and buck like

footing as the roots twist and writhe like

on ? I yell , panic

your presence , Lirien says ,

not let you leave without

, their undulations wild and predatory as they slither

flare , the light dancing within it like a candle in

; its voice rings

The tendrils lash about , one flicking along my arm

cold shoots through me , deadening my limbs , and blurring my

roots

tendrils , his body inflating to