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.

into hiding , just waiting for the day that

that it is back

theirs ,

Eira , who still

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

, didnt you

the words

lays a

tell us everything

protect the pack if we dont

she finally says

oath to return when the groves power was

it was anything more than

then I found the marks within the forest and

what they believe belongs to them

within the room , and the

steps forward , his face unreadable

see the marks ? In the western

the old riverbed

, clenching

go , he says

need to know how

, I say before I can stop

eyes , staring at me

have to

know ,

I want to

two of us

Be careful .

Both of you .

Dane nods in acquiescence as we leave the packhouse , the responsibility

now : darker

gone ; instead

hurry onward but cautiously ,

deep within ,

last , when we reach the riverbed

into the trees ,

closer , his hand back brushing against the bark

alive ,

eye , a pulsating sheen filling the

I dont know ,

arent just

claiming this

go further inside the forest

is unnatural becomes heavy

find it eventually , an

everywhere

scattered on the ground

Broken Ridge

picks

face has

planning

.

sends a shiver down my spine