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 it is

it should be theirs , Dane concludes

Eira , who still shivers as she sits

the room ,

to one knee beside her , you did know this , didnt you ?

217 the words to

lays a comforting touch on her arm

tell

dont know what

before she finally says ,

pact , an oath to return when the groves power was

was anything more

then I found the marks within the forest

take what they believe belongs

room , and the pack listens in tense silence , their fear

forward , his

In the western forest , Eira says

the old

nods , clenching

go , he says

need to know how

you , I say before

, staring

dont have

know ,

I want to

gets up between the two of us ; her tone allows for no argument

Be careful .

Both of you .

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

forest feels different now : darker , colder

sounds are gone ; instead , an

cautiously , our

deep within , something unnatural

we reach the

described carved into the trees , their twisted lines glowing faintly

closer , his hand back brushing against the bark

, he

eye , a pulsating sheen filling the symbols , and is suddenly

mean ? I

arent just

claiming this land

inside the forest

is unnatural becomes

find it eventually , an abandoned

everywhere are the signs of recent occupation

etched with runes lie scattered on the ground , their surfaces

marks Broken Ridge , the lines leading straight to the grove

217 Dane stoops and picks up

has gone hard

theyre planning something big

.

shiver down my