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 .

pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss and pain ? Yes , he says

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

the lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned by

blazes inside me , eating away some of my

to fix

the curse ? Liriens eyes

on the tree holds

, and my eyes catch

although I know it deep

life , Lirien says

the grove to heal , for the curse to be lifted , there needs to be one of free will who must

then will the

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

life ? I whisper ,

be another way , another thing we

way , Lirien

the grove runs deep ,

of

I take a

asking me to

chance that this might work ? Liriens form flickers , his voice softening

is not a demand ,

is a

you can

to the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth a fragile

this ? If I just leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien says ,

in time , the grove will Chapter

between the mortal and divine realms will break

only sound the

around me begins to shudder and buck like

barely keeping my footing as the roots twist and writhe like living

? I yell , panic

Lirien says , its voice keen with

let you

the earth , their undulations wild and predatory as they slither

weak flare , the light dancing

Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out across

it devours you ! The tendrils lash about , one flicking along my arm

shoots through me , deadening my limbs

scream , tumbling backward as the roots below my

between me and the tendrils , his body inflating