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 .

reason the pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss and pain ? Yes , he says

, tainting tragedies and giving birth

of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels

inside me , eating away some of my

me how to fix it , I insist

eyes flash , its voice heavier

on 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 was lost , one must

? I ask although

for a life , Lirien

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

then will the

it presses down upon me , the feeling like

life ? I whisper , my head shaking

another way , another thing we could

way , Lirien says

runs deep ,

act of selflessness can cleanse

as I take

asking me to

chance that this might work

is not a

is a

only you

to the pendant on my chest

as is ? The corruption will

and in time

that , the balance between the

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

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

keeping my footing as the roots twist and writhe

I yell , panic

your presence , Lirien says , its voice

let you leave without

undulations wild and

weak flare , the light dancing within

its voice rings out across

! The tendrils lash about , one flicking along

shock of cold shoots through me , deadening my limbs , and blurring my vision

, tumbling backward as the roots

tendrils , his body inflating to