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 and

corruption has echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats

the lifeblood of the pack

inside me , eating away some of my fear

fix it , I insist

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

the tree holds your answer

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

ask although I know it deep

for a life , Lirien says

curse to be lifted , there needs to be one of free will who must give his life

the balance be

upon me , the feeling like something hangs

I whisper , my head shaking

has to be another way , another thing we

no other way

, its roots tainted by

of selflessness can cleanse it

I

me to give

might work

is not a

is a choice

only you

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

if I dont do this ? If I just leave the grove as is ?

pack will keep suffering , and in time , the grove will Chapter

the mortal and divine realms will

sound the soft hum of the

around me begins to shudder and

keeping my footing as the roots twist and writhe like living

on ? I yell , panic clawing at my chest

sensed your presence , Lirien says , its voice keen with

not let you

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

the light dancing within it like a candle in a windstorm

Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out across the glade

before it devours you ! The tendrils lash

cold shoots through me , deadening

backward as the roots below my feet

and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass