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

Chapter 217 TRAJAN Its a celebration thats starting to feel very far away , somehow due to the feeling of tension coiling around the packhouse .

Wolves stand in groups , their voices hushed , eyes darting nervously toward the forest .

I pace by the window , my stomach tied .

Its too quiet .

That kind of quiet that signals trouble .

Dane steps into the clearing , pale face drawn tight .

His hand opens , disclosing a piece of bark with strange , glowing marks etched into it .

We got a problem , he says ; the tone urgent as hell .

But before he has a chance to explain himself , I am bursting through the packhouse door , my heart beating with an irregular rhythm , words bursting from my lips well in advance of the possibility of a rational mind actually preventing them from happening .

Its too late , I whisper , shaking .

Theyre already here .

The room falls silent , and all eyes whip to me .

Aurora elbows her way through the parted crowd , a mask of fear and determination across her face .

What do you mean , theyre already here ? she asks , her voice Chapter 217 my mind .

The Forgotten , I spoke low and quietly .

It has waited for such a thing , and it now … comes to us .

The eyes of Aurora narrowed on the question of who .

Who were they , and what would they do ? 2/6 I swallow hard , the weight of the truth heavy inside me .

The Forgotten were exiled a very long time ago , I begin .

In Kaels time .

They felt this grove was to be used , wielded .

To control life , not to help it .

The room seems to tilt ; whispers spread as the pack exchanges uneasy glances .

They saw the grove as a weapon , I continue .

And when Kael and the rest wouldnt side with their beliefs , they exiled them .

No one ever heard of them again .

Many thought they were murdered .

Auroras eyes narrow .

But theyre not , she says .

I shake my head .

No.

, just waiting for the day that

now that it is

theirs , Dane concludes grimly

still shivers as she sits

about the room

says softly , falling to one knee beside her , you did know this , didnt you ? That was why you

217 the words

and lays a

tell us

cant protect the pack if we dont know what

, her voice shaking , before she finally says ,

a pact , an oath to return when the groves

believe it was anything more

within the forest and felt their presence

coming to take what they believe belongs to them

heavy within the room , and the pack listens in tense

steps forward , his face

? In the western forest , Eira

old

, clenching his jaw

, he

need to know how

, I say before I

eyes , staring at me

dont have to

, I

want

us

Be careful .

Both of you .

they Chapter 217 Dane nods in acquiescence as we leave the packhouse , the responsibility for pack

now

sounds are gone ; instead ,

but cautiously , our

within , something unnatural grows

last , when we reach the riverbed

signs Eira described carved into the trees , their twisted lines

his hand back brushing against the bark

alive , he

it catches my eye , a pulsating sheen filling the symbols , and

? I dont

arent

are claiming this land

go further inside the

is unnatural

find it eventually , an abandoned

firepit is cold , but everywhere are the

with runes lie scattered on the ground , their surfaces

Ridge , the lines

and picks up one of

face has gone

planning something big

.

thought sends a shiver down my spine