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 , my words

Listen to Lirien .

leave , or it will

to , he responds ,

wont let it take me

join the horde wolves twisted monstrous forms ,

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

hold them off , Dane

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

to

that

I snap , catching his

wont leave you behind

choice , he says , his voice low and

is bigger than us

Bigger than me .

blink through my tears but shake

this together

No matter what .

, their distorted faces leering as they

me , his body tense and ready to fight

,

ahead

pendant gutters

brutal efficiency , desperation

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

almost there , I say , and my voice is tight

to sense our approach , twisting violently as dark branches rise from the

, its form flickering

4/6 tree will not

You must decide .

its corrupted energy whiplashing out as though it were a

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

now , showing a heart pulsating bright in

the air

thick to such a degree

fills my head

come , now ,

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

and brushes his hand

touch grounds

says

Im

momentarily , willing the anger inside me to calm

pulses , each beat tugging me closer toward

not prepared to

it , I

and it ends

in my mind as far as cost

? I whisper , turning to Lirien , whose shadowed

, Lirien says with

grove has chosen