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 .

suffered ? Why there was so much

tainting tragedies and giving birth

power of the grove is tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and

inside me , eating away some of

me how to fix

I break the curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with

the tree holds

there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription

it ? I ask although I know it deep

, Lirien says in a serious tone

heal , for the curse to be lifted , there needs to be one

then will the balance

presses down upon me , the feeling

life ? I whisper , my head shaking in

another way , another thing we could do

no other way ,

, its roots tainted

the purest act of selflessness can

I take a step

me to give

that this might work ?

is not a demand , Luna

a choice

only you can

on my chest , its faint warmth a

I just leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread ,

time , the grove will

that , the balance between the

sound the soft hum of the roots of

I can answer , the earth around me begins to shudder and buck

my footing as the

going on ? I yell , panic clawing at

has sensed your presence , Lirien says , its voice keen

will not let you leave without a decision

the earth , their undulations wild and predatory as they slither towards me

light dancing within it like a candle in a

its voice rings out

you ! The tendrils lash about

, deadening my

scream , tumbling backward as the roots below my feet suddenly twist treacherously

and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of shadow and light