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 .

there was

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

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

eating away

tell me how to fix it

? Liriens eyes flash , its

on the tree holds your

along the ground , and my eyes catch an

is it ? I ask although

life , Lirien says in

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

will the balance

like it presses down upon me , the feeling like

? I whisper , my head shaking in

has to be another way , another

way , Lirien

deep , its roots tainted

of selflessness can cleanse it

chest tightens as I take a

asking me to

? A chance that this might work ? Liriens form flickers , his

not a demand

is a

only you

hand to the pendant on my chest , its faint

the grove as is ? The corruption

time ,

the mortal

sound the soft hum of the roots of

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

my footing as the

I yell , panic clawing at

sensed your presence , Lirien says , its voice

let you leave without

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

weak flare , the light dancing within it like

; its voice rings out across the glade

it devours you ! The tendrils lash about ,

me , deadening

, tumbling backward as the roots

gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a