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 back

be theirs

still

eyes dart nervously and widely about the room , but she says nothing

beside her , you did know this , didnt you ? That was why you acted

the words to describe

and lays a comforting

to tell us everything

if we dont know what we are fighting against

her voice shaking , before she finally says , The Forgotten werent just

return when the groves power was at its

didnt believe it was anything more

found the marks within the forest and felt their

take what they believe

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

steps forward ,

? In the western

the old

clenching his jaw

,

how close they are

I say before I can stop

, staring at me

dont have

, 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

The forest feels different now : darker

; instead , an

onward but cautiously , our senses high

within ,

we

described carved into the trees

his hand back brushing against the bark

alive , he whispers

my eye , a pulsating sheen filling the symbols ,

that mean ? I dont know , Dane

they arent just warnings

are claiming

further inside

is unnatural becomes

it eventually , an abandoned campsite

, but everywhere are the signs of

ground ,

map pinned to a tree marks Broken Ridge , the lines leading straight to the

Dane stoops and picks up one

has

planning something

.

a shiver down my