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

I tried again , my

Listen to Lirien .

to leave , or it will destroy

be able to , he

wont let it take me away from you

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

my hands shaking

, Dane says suddenly

body firm ,

got to finish this

all that

, catching

wont leave you behind

he says , his voice low and

bigger

Bigger than me .

my tears

this

No matter what .

distorted faces leering as they

beside me , his body tense and ready to fight

finish it , he says to

ahead in

in the pendant gutters , the illusions threatening to

with brutal

mist grows thinner with our passage ; a clearing opens up before us , and there , at the middle of the grove , is its center tree its roots twisting , running with corruption

almost there , I say , and my voice is

sense our approach , twisting violently as dark

again ,

209 4/6 tree will

You must decide .

few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though it

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

a heart pulsating bright in the center of it

the

such a degree my skin

fills my head , soft and insistent

of choice has come

it rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the core light , almost threatened by it

reaches out and brushes his hand across

touch grounds me

says

Im

, willing the anger inside

of the heart pulses , each beat

decision Im not prepared

, I whisper

, and it ends here

similar to me in my mind as far as cost

fail ? I whisper , turning to

wont , Lirien says with

grove has