Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 209 1/6 AURORA I understand enough , he says , his voice unyielding .

Ive lost enough .

Im not losing you too .

Before I could further argue with him , the air shifts around us , and the mist starts to take form , sharpening by the second .

Shapes are taking form and morphing into figures … twisted mockeries of people from Danes past .

A woman with golden hair stands at the edge of the mist , her face twisted in a mask of pain .

Beside her , a young boy clutches her hand , his eyes wide in fear .

No , Dane whispers , his voice breaking .

The figures step closer ; their forms are twisted , and unnatural .

The boys face screws up , his mouth open in a silent scream .

Dane , what are they ? I ask , my voice shaking .

Theyre my fears , he says , his body stiff with tension .

My failures .

The visions lash out , their movements weird but deliberate .

Dane raises his arms in defense , his movements are quick but strained .

You couldnt save us , the woman says , her voice sad and weak You let us die .

Chapter 209 The boy moves closer , his small hands outstretched to Dane .

You promised , he says , the tone too steady .

You said youd take care of us .

Dane stumbled backward , his skin pale .

2/6 Dane ! I yell , raising the pendant high .

For a second its glow cuts through , forcing the illusions to shatter .

Liriens voice cuts through the fog , imperative .

The grove feeds on guilt and fear .

He is open to it here .

He cannot stay .

Dane shakes his head .

Heavy breathing escapes from his lips as he growls , I wont leave her .

Youre not helping her , Lirien snaps , its form shimmering with irritability .

Your presence only makes the grove that much stronger .

are

tried again

Listen to Lirien .

, or it

w … wont be able to , he responds

it take me away

, and more join the horde wolves twisted

of the pendant reduced , my hands shaking as

hold them off ,

has crept into his voice now , his body firm , though a

to finish this

are all that you

, catching his

leave you behind

a choice , he says , his voice

is bigger than us

Bigger than me .

my tears but shake my head

this

No matter what .

, their distorted faces leering

stands beside me , his body tense and ready to fight

lets finish it , he

ahead

the pendant gutters , the illusions

with brutal efficiency , desperation driving his

passage ; a clearing opens up before us , and there , at the middle of the grove , is its center tree its roots twisting ,

I say , and my voice is

roots seem to sense our approach , twisting violently as dark branches

appears again , its form flickering

tree will

You must decide .

few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though it were

beating them off us long enough

now , showing a heart pulsating bright in the

the

such a degree my skin tingled with the

fills my head , soft and insistent

has come ,

it rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the core

brushes

touch grounds

says softly

, Im

eyes momentarily , willing the

heart pulses , each beat tugging

Im not prepared

it , I

all , and it ends here

similar to me in my mind as far as cost

I fail ? I whisper , turning to Lirien , whose

Lirien says with such surety

grove has chosen you