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 devoured

again

Listen to Lirien .

to leave , or

able to , he

it take me

furor doubled , and more join the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms

, my hands shaking as the bursts increased further life from its depths

, Dane

firm ,

have got to finish this

that

, catching his

wont leave you behind

says , his voice low

is bigger than

Bigger than me .

through my tears but shake

do this

No matter what .

their distorted faces leering

his body tense and

finish it ,

forge ahead in

the pendant gutters , the

with brutal efficiency

us , and there , at the middle of the grove

I say , and my

our approach , twisting violently as dark branches rise from the

appears again ,

tree will not wait

You must decide .

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

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

divided now , showing a heart pulsating bright in the

hummed the air

such a degree my

voice fills my head , soft

come ,

let it rot ? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in the core light ,

reaches out and brushes

grounds

says softly

Im

eyes momentarily , willing the anger

heart pulses , each beat tugging me closer toward

not prepared to make

it , I

it all , and it

just too similar to me in my mind as far as cost

if I fail ? I whisper , turning to

wont , Lirien says with such surety

grove has chosen you