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 .

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

tragedies and giving birth to threats like

into the lifeblood of the

me , eating away some

to fix it ,

Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with

tree holds your

ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on

ask although I

a life , Lirien says in a serious

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

then will the balance be

presses down upon me , the feeling

, my head shaking in denial

has to be another way ,

is no other way ,

the grove runs deep , its roots

purest act of selflessness can cleanse

tightens as I take a step

me to give

? A chance that this might

not a demand

is a choice

you can

my

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

pack will keep suffering , and in time , the

that , the balance between the mortal and divine realms

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

can answer , the earth around me begins to shudder and

footing as the

? I yell ,

corruption has sensed your presence , Lirien says , its

let you leave without a decision

from the earth , their undulations wild and predatory as

a weak flare , the light dancing within it like a

its

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

through me , deadening my limbs , and blurring

tumbling backward as the roots

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