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.

waiting for the day

that it is back

think it should be theirs , Dane concludes grimly

to Eira , who still shivers as she sits at the

the

beside her , you did know this , didnt you ? That

words to

a comforting touch on her

need to tell us everything

pack if we dont know what we are

her voice shaking , before she finally says , The

a pact , an oath to return when the groves power was at its peak

didnt believe it was anything more

marks within the forest and

they

and the pack listens in tense silence ,

, his

? In the western forest , Eira says

the old riverbed

nods , clenching

go ,

need to know how close they

say before

, staring at me ominously

have to

know ,

want to

us ;

Be careful .

Both of you .

we leave the packhouse , the responsibility for pack safety weighing our shoulders

forest feels different now : darker ,

instead , an uncomfortable silence laps

hurry onward but cautiously , our

deep within , something

we reach the

signs Eira described carved into the

steps closer , his hand

, he whispers

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

that mean ? I dont know ,

they arent

are claiming this land

go further inside the

unnatural becomes heavy

find it eventually , an abandoned

is cold , but everywhere are

ground , their surfaces

marks Broken Ridge , the

stoops and picks up one of

has

planning something big

.

thought sends a shiver down