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 .

… its the reason the pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss

throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats like the Nameless

tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels

, eating away some

me how to fix it , I

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

inscription on the tree

back to the big tree over there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on

? I ask although I know it deep inside

for a life , Lirien says

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

the balance

feels like it presses down upon me , the feeling like something hangs heavy in the

life ? I whisper , my

way ,

no other way ,

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

the purest act of selflessness

as I take a

asking me to give

… for what ? A chance that this might

a demand , Luna

is a choice

only you

to the pendant on my chest , its faint

do this ? If I just leave the grove as

in time , the grove will

the mortal and divine realms

sound the soft hum

answer , the earth around me begins to shudder and buck like a wild

keeping my footing as the roots

,

your presence , Lirien says

will not let you leave

spring from the earth , their undulations

the light dancing within it like a candle in

! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out across

tendrils lash about ,

shoots through me , deadening my

backward as the roots below my

me and the tendrils , his body