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 .

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

echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving

lifeblood of the pack , and

, eating

tell me how to fix it , I insist

I break the curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with meaning

tree holds

big tree over there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what was

ask although I know it deep inside

Lirien says

the curse to be lifted , there needs

will the balance be

, the

I whisper , my

, another thing we

way , Lirien

the grove runs deep ,

purest act of selflessness can cleanse

I

asking me to

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

not a demand

is a choice

only you can

my

leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien says ,

, and in time , the grove will Chapter 207

balance between the mortal and divine realms will break

between us , the only sound the soft hum of

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

keeping my footing as the

I yell ,

, Lirien says , its voice keen with

let you leave

their undulations wild and predatory as they slither towards me

, the light dancing within it like a candle

Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings

before it devours you ! The tendrils lash about ,

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

roots below my feet suddenly

207 5/6 Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of shadow and light