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.

hiding , just waiting for the

it is

be theirs , Dane

down to Eira , who still

and widely about the room

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

the words to

out and lays a comforting touch

tell us

cant protect the pack if we dont know

before she finally says , The Forgotten werent just

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

was anything more than

then I found the marks within the forest and felt their

to take what they believe belongs to

weight of her words hangs heavy within the room , and the

steps forward ,

marks ? In the western forest

old

clenching his jaw

go , he says

need to know how

, I say before

eyes , staring

dont have

know , I respond

want

of us ; her tone allows

Be careful .

Both of you .

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

different now : darker , colder

; instead ,

but cautiously ,

we are deep within , something unnatural grows in

we reach the

described carved into the trees , their

closer , his hand back brushing against the bark

alive ,

sheen filling

does that mean ? I

arent

claiming this land

inside the

unnatural

find it eventually , an abandoned campsite

but everywhere are the signs of recent

lie scattered on the ground , their surfaces

tree marks Broken Ridge , the lines

Dane stoops and picks up one of the

face has gone

planning

.

thought sends a shiver