Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 215 DANE I look down at the glowing runes on my chest , still too warm to seem quite real .

Yeah , I say , but the heaviness of Liriens words clings to the back of my mind .

The grove is well , but at what cost remains to be seen .

The pack steps into the resurgence of life forced onto the grove .

Their eyes were wide in features still covered with some incredulity , they slowly went inside the clearing , looking between shining trees and restored roots .

Beautiful , someone finally whispers , breaking the awed silence .

Lirien stands at the edge of the clearing ; his form now is much more solid , nearly human .

The glow emanating from inside the grove steadies it , lending him an air of quiet authority .

The curse is broken , he states with solemnity .

Now , for once , the pack can fully flourish as it deserves .

Aurora releases my hand and steps forward .

Her eyes scan the grove , pride , and anguish wrestling for dominance in their vibrancy .

Chapter 215 2/6 Lirien cocks its head to one side .

The grove has accepted your sacrifice , it says .

But your mortal ties to the pack have saved you .

The balance is restored , and your bond is no longer required to sustain it .

I watch the tension that has weighed on Auroras shoulders since this began to ease a little , her shoulders relaxing , and for the first time in days , she seems at peace .

The pack closes in , voices rising as talk starts about what this means to all of us .

Gone is the weight of the curse , and with it the divisions that plagued us for generations .

I see Piper laughing with Warrick , the two of them trading .

banter like none of the horrors we faced just happened .

Trajan stands a little distant , his expression guarded , his guilt loud in the way he refuses to meet anyones gaze .

Ill make it right , he mutters , to himself , not to anyone else .

I dont approach him .

Not yet .

back to my side , her hand brushing mine

starts to follow , their

walk back to Broken Ridge

air is clear , the tension that once clung to us like a second skin

ruins that

scatter , their spirits buoyed

I mutter to myself , and for once , the thought doesnt feel

now out in the garden at the back of the packhouse with Aurora

, smelling of earth and greenery mixed with

on a stone bench

while , we say nothing ; the silence

reaches up then , presses her hand to my chest , tracing the runes with her fingers where

it hurt ? she asks ,

, offering a

Not anymore .

gaze falling to

what this means

know you didnt choose

squeeze her

did you , but you

So can I .

lips curve in a faint smile , even as

figure it out

and long shadows throw

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We sit in silence until a faint howl cuts

the kind of sound that raises the hairs on the back

snapping her eyes

? I nod ,

Yeah .

rise , and our senses sharpen as we gaze out into the dark outside the packhouse

repeated , but the unease it

that ? she

, I admit , my hand

now ,

replaced by a

healed , but something else

stretches across the

hum with life ,

stand next to Aurora , her hand clutched tight in mine

with only shallow breaths escaping her