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 loss and pain ? Yes , he

throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats

lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels

eating

fix it , I insist

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

the tree

shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what was lost , one

ask although I know it deep inside

a life , Lirien says in a serious

be lifted , there needs to be

the

like it presses down upon me , the

life ? I whisper , my head shaking in denial

has to be another way ,

other way , Lirien

the grove runs deep ,

purest act of

as I take a

asking me to

… for what ? A chance that this might work ? Liriens

not a demand , Luna

a choice

only you can make

the pendant on my chest , its faint

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

pack will keep suffering , and in time , the

that , the balance between the mortal and divine

between us , the only sound the

the earth around me begins

footing as the roots twist and

yell , panic

sensed your presence , Lirien says , its voice keen with

let you leave without

earth , their undulations wild and predatory as

pendant answers with a weak flare , the light dancing within it like

shouts ; its voice rings out across the

before it devours you ! The tendrils lash about ,

deadening my limbs , and

the roots below my feet suddenly

the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of shadow