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 .

curse … its the reason the pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss and pain ?

throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth

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

inside me , eating away some of

tell me how to fix it , I insist

eyes flash , its

the tree

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

it ? I ask although I know

, Lirien says in a serious

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

will the balance be restored

down upon me , the feeling like something hangs

, my

to be another way , another thing we

other way

runs deep , its roots tainted by

purest act of selflessness

tightens as I take a

me

what ? A chance that this might work ? Liriens form

a demand

is a choice

you can make

the pendant on my chest

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

, and in time , the grove will Chapter

with that , the balance between the mortal and

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

begins to shudder and

my footing as the

on ? I yell , panic clawing at my

Lirien says , its voice

you

the earth , their undulations wild and

light dancing within it like a candle in a

Lirien shouts ; its voice

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

me , deadening my limbs , and blurring my vision

the roots below my

5/6 Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering