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

again , my words

Listen to Lirien .

to leave , or it will destroy

to , he responds , his words

wont let it take me

doubled , and more join the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms , their eyes aglow with malice

the pendant reduced , my hands shaking as the bursts increased

them off , Dane

now , his body firm

have got to finish

are all that you can

! I snap , catching his

wont leave you

says , his voice low

is bigger than

Bigger than me .

tears

do this

No matter what .

distorted faces leering

his body

it , he

forge ahead in concert

use , the light in the pendant gutters , the illusions threatening to break through

at the figures with brutal efficiency , desperation driving

and there , at the middle of

, I say , and my voice is tight with

sense our approach , twisting violently as dark branches rise from the ground

appears again ,

4/6 tree will

You must decide .

final few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out

, beating them off us long enough to reach the bottom of the tree

showing a heart

hummed the

to such a degree my skin tingled with the energy

fills my head , soft

of choice has come , now

the grove … or let it rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the core light

brushes his hand across

grounds

says softly

, Im with you

my eyes momentarily , willing the anger

, each beat tugging me closer

decision Im not prepared to make

it ,

it all , and it ends here

my mind as far as cost

turning to Lirien , whose shadowed form

wont , Lirien says with

has chosen