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 ,

Listen to Lirien .

or it will destroy

be able to , he

it take me away from you

the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms

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

them off , Dane says

, his body firm , though a quick flicker reveals his Chapter 209

got to finish this

all that you

I snap , catching his arm

wont leave you behind

dont have a choice , he says ,

bigger than

Bigger than me .

tears but shake

this

No matter what .

in , their distorted faces leering

stands beside me , his body tense and ready to fight

,

ahead

in the pendant gutters , the illusions threatening to

with brutal efficiency

; a clearing opens up before us , and there , at the middle of the grove , is

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

approach , twisting violently as

again , its form flickering

209 4/6 tree will

You must decide .

final few roots ; its corrupted

them off us long enough to reach

roots divided now , showing a heart pulsating

hummed the

was thick to such a degree my skin tingled with the

head

time of choice has come , now

? I glaze at the heart , hypnotic in

and brushes his

touch grounds

he says

, Im with

willing the anger inside me to

heart pulses , each beat

not prepared

it , I whisper

and

too similar to me in my

? I whisper , turning to Lirien , whose shadowed

, Lirien says

has chosen