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 both devoured

I tried again , my words

Listen to Lirien .

have to leave , or

wont be able to , he responds , his

it take me away

more join the horde wolves twisted

of the pendant reduced , my hands shaking as the bursts increased further

them off , Dane

, his body firm ,

got to

are all that you can

, catching his arm

wont leave you

a choice , he says ,

is bigger than

Bigger than me .

through my tears but shake

do this together

No matter what .

distorted faces leering as they circle us

his body tense and ready to

finish it , he

ahead in

in the pendant gutters , the illusions threatening to break through

lashes out at the figures with brutal efficiency

and there , at the middle

, and my voice

, twisting violently as dark branches rise from the ground

appears again , its

4/6 tree will not

You must decide .

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

brighter once more , beating them off us long enough

roots divided now , showing a heart

the air

was thick to such a degree my

my head

has come

I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the core light

and brushes

grounds me

he says softly

, Im with

willing

glow of the heart pulses ,

not prepared to make

it ,

all , and it ends

me in my mind as far as cost is concerned

? I whisper , turning to Lirien , whose shadowed form

wont , Lirien says with

has chosen you