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 pain ? Yes , he

throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats

of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels actions

, eating

to fix it , I

? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with meaning

tree

tree over there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the

? I ask although I

, Lirien

the curse to be lifted , there needs to be one

the

me , the feeling like something hangs heavy

I whisper ,

another way , another thing we

no other way , Lirien says

deep , its roots

act of selflessness can

I take

me

for what ? A chance that this might work ? Liriens

a demand , Luna

is a

only you can

my chest , its faint warmth a fragile

I just leave the grove as is

keep suffering , and in time , the grove will Chapter 207

between the mortal and divine realms will

thick silence falls between us , the only sound the soft hum of the

answer , the earth around me begins to

my footing as the roots

? I yell , panic clawing at my chest

has sensed your presence , Lirien says

not let you leave without a

of darkness spring from the earth , their undulations wild and

a weak flare , the light dancing within it like a candle in a

Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out across the glade

lash about , one

of cold shoots through me , deadening my limbs ,

, tumbling backward as the roots

his body inflating to a towering mass of shadow and light