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 both devoured

again

Listen to Lirien .

to leave , or it

… wont be able to , he responds , his words

it take me away

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

my hands shaking

hold them off , Dane says

has crept into his voice now , his body firm ,

to finish this

are all that you can

I snap , catching

leave you

dont have a choice , he says , his voice low and

is bigger

Bigger than me .

through my tears but shake my

this together

No matter what .

close in , their distorted faces leering as

his body tense

, he says

forge ahead in concert

, the light in the pendant

figures with brutal efficiency , desperation driving

before us , and there , at the middle of the grove , is its center tree its roots twisting

say , and my voice is tight with determination

twisting

again , its form flickering

tree will not wait

You must decide .

way through the final few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though

flared brighter once more , beating them off us long enough to reach

, showing a heart

the

such a degree my skin tingled

head , soft

has come , now , Luna

rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the

out and brushes

touch grounds

says

, Im with you

momentarily , willing the anger inside me to

of the heart pulses ,

not prepared

it ,

and it ends here

too similar to me in my mind as

if I fail ? I whisper , turning to Lirien , whose shadowed form stands unstirring

Lirien says with such

grove has