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 .

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

echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving

power of the grove is tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned

me , eating away

me how to fix it

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

on the tree holds your answer

the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription

it ? I ask although I know it deep inside

, Lirien says in

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

the balance be restored

down upon me , the

? I whisper , my head shaking in

,

other way , Lirien

the grove runs deep , its roots tainted by centuries of sin

of selflessness can cleanse it

chest tightens as I take

asking me to

chance that this might work ?

a demand ,

a choice

you can make

the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth a

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

and in time , the grove will

between the mortal and divine realms will

between us , the only sound the soft hum of the roots of the grove

earth around me begins to shudder and buck

footing as the

yell ,

your presence , Lirien

will not let you leave

undulations wild and predatory

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

; its voice rings out across

tendrils lash about , one flicking along

of cold shoots through me , deadening my limbs , and

roots below my feet suddenly twist treacherously

Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of shadow and