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 .

before you are

tried again ,

Listen to Lirien .

, or it will destroy you

… wont be able to , he responds , his words

take me away from you

and more join the horde wolves twisted

of the pendant reduced , my hands shaking as the bursts increased further life from its depths

them off ,

his body firm , though a

to

that

snap , catching his arm

wont leave you

choice , he says , his voice low

is bigger

Bigger than me .

my tears but shake my

do this

No matter what .

close in , their distorted faces leering

body tense

it , he says to

ahead in

the light in the pendant gutters ,

at the figures with brutal efficiency , desperation driving his movements

there , at the middle of the grove , is its center tree its roots twisting , running with

and my voice is tight

our approach , twisting

again , its form

4/6 tree will not wait

You must decide .

the final few roots ; its corrupted energy

pendant flared brighter once more , beating them off us long enough to reach the bottom of the tree

, showing a heart pulsating bright in the center

hummed the

degree my skin tingled with the

my head ,

of choice has come , now , Luna

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

brushes his hand across mine

touch grounds

says softly

, Im with you

my eyes momentarily , willing the anger inside me to

heart pulses , each beat tugging me closer toward

not prepared to make

it , I

all , and it

too similar to me in my mind as far as

whisper , turning to Lirien , whose

wont , Lirien says with such

grove has chosen you