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

I tried again , my

Listen to Lirien .

or it

, he

take me away

the horde

, my hands shaking as the bursts increased

, Dane

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

to

are all that you

, catching

wont leave

he says , his

bigger

Bigger than me .

blink through my tears but shake my

this together

No matter what .

, their distorted faces leering as

beside me , his body tense and ready to

finish it ,

ahead

use , the light in the pendant gutters ,

at the figures with brutal efficiency

a clearing opens up before us , and there , at the middle of the grove , is its

there , I say , and my voice is

sense our approach , twisting

appears again , its

4/6 tree will

You must decide .

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

them off us long enough to reach the bottom of the

divided now , showing a heart pulsating bright in the

the air

such a degree my skin tingled with the

my head , soft and insistent

has come , now ,

or let it rot ? I glaze at the

and brushes

touch grounds me

he says softly

Im

my eyes momentarily , willing the anger inside me to

pulses , each beat

decision Im not prepared

it , I

it all , and it ends

too similar to me in my mind as far as

, turning

says with such

grove has chosen