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

corruption has echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth

lifeblood of

eating away some of my

tell me how to fix it , I insist

? Liriens eyes flash , its voice

on the tree holds your

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

is it ? I ask although I know it deep

for a life , Lirien says in

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

the balance be

presses down upon me , the feeling

, my head shaking

has to be another way , another thing we could do

way ,

deep , its

purest act of selflessness can

chest tightens as I take a step

me to

? A chance that this might work ?

not a demand ,

a

you can

my

as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien

and in time , the grove

that , the balance between the mortal and

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

can answer , the earth around me begins to shudder and buck like

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

yell , panic clawing at

presence , Lirien says ,

you leave without

of darkness spring from the earth , their undulations

, the light dancing within it like a candle

, Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its

lash

deadening my limbs , and blurring

scream , tumbling backward as the roots below my feet suddenly

the tendrils , his body inflating to a