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 .

you are both

I tried again ,

Listen to Lirien .

leave , or

w … wont be able to , he responds ,

take me

raves on , furor doubled , and more join the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms , their eyes aglow

pendant reduced , my hands shaking as the

, Dane

his body firm , though a quick flicker reveals

You have got to finish this

that you

, catching his

leave you

choice , he says , his voice low

bigger

Bigger than me .

through my tears but shake

this

No matter what .

their distorted

, his body tense and

lets finish it , he says to me

forge ahead in

, the light in the pendant gutters

with brutal efficiency ,

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

, and my voice is tight with

, twisting violently as dark branches rise from

appears again , its form

209 4/6 tree will not

You must decide .

our way through the final few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though it were a living

, beating them off us long enough to reach the bottom

now , showing a heart pulsating bright

the

a degree my skin

head

time of choice has come , now

rot ? I glaze at the heart ,

brushes his

touch grounds

he says

way , Im

willing

, each beat tugging me closer

Im not

, I

all , and

in my mind

turning to Lirien

says

grove has