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 , he says

corruption has echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and

lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels

inside me , eating away some

to fix it , I

? Liriens eyes flash , its

tree

to the big 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 lost , one must give what

although I

for a life , Lirien says in a serious

the curse to be lifted , there needs to

will the balance be

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

whisper , my head shaking in denial

, another thing we could do

no other way , Lirien

deep ,

act of selflessness can cleanse it

I take a

asking me

what ? A chance that this might work ? Liriens

not a demand ,

is a

only you

a hand to the pendant on my chest , its faint

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

time , the

with that , the balance between the mortal

, the only sound the soft hum of the roots of the

can answer , the earth around me begins to shudder

, barely keeping my footing as the roots twist and

I yell , panic clawing at my chest

Lirien says

let you

the earth , their undulations wild and predatory

flare , the light dancing within it

; its voice rings out

! The tendrils lash about , one

cold shoots through me , deadening

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

207 5/6 Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of