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 , my

Listen to Lirien .

to leave , or it

… wont be able to ,

it take

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

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

off , Dane says suddenly

his voice now , his body firm , though a quick flicker reveals his Chapter 209 hand

have got to finish this ,

are all that you can

snap , catching

wont leave you

have a choice , he says ,

bigger than

Bigger than me .

through my tears

this

No matter what .

in , their distorted faces leering as they circle

me , his body

, he says to me

ahead in concert

light in the pendant gutters ,

at the figures with brutal efficiency , desperation driving his movements

, at the middle of the grove , is its center tree its roots twisting ,

almost there , I say , and my voice is tight with determination

, twisting

again ,

tree will

You must decide .

final few roots ; its corrupted energy whiplashing out as

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

a heart pulsating bright in the

the air

a degree my skin tingled

fills my head , soft

time of choice has come , now ,

rot ? I glaze at

reaches out and brushes

touch grounds me

says

Im

momentarily , willing the

heart pulses , each beat tugging

not prepared

, I whisper

, and

in my mind as

I fail ? I whisper , turning

Lirien says with such surety

has