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.

went into hiding , just waiting for the day that the groves powers were

it

it should be theirs , Dane concludes

to Eira , who still shivers as

and widely about the room , but

knee beside her , you did know this , didnt you ? That was why you acted so uneasy ever since the grove was

words

a comforting touch on her

tell us

the pack if we dont know what we are fighting against

stammers , her voice shaking , before she finally says , The Forgotten

an oath to return when the groves power was at its

it was anything

found the marks within the forest and felt

take what they

hangs heavy within the room , and the pack listens in tense silence , their

,

marks ? In the

the old

nods , clenching his

,

know how close

I say before

his eyes ,

dont have to

,

I want

between the two of us ; her tone

Be careful .

Both of you .

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

The forest feels different now : darker , colder

gone ; instead

but cautiously , our senses

we are deep within , something unnatural

last , when we reach the

signs Eira described carved into the trees , their

hand back brushing against the bark

, he

as it catches my eye , a pulsating sheen filling the symbols , and is suddenly so unnatural

? I dont know , Dane replies

arent just

are claiming this land

go further inside the forest

unnatural

eventually , an

firepit is cold , but everywhere are the

runes lie scattered on the ground , their surfaces gleaming in the moonlight

a tree marks Broken Ridge

Dane stoops and picks up one of the bones

has

theyre planning something

.

shiver