Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 218 PIPER The packhouse is a mess of changing paws and low murmurs , tension weighs upon my chest , heavy as any weight Ive ever tried to heave and couldnt shake .

Auroras sharp command cuts through chaos , and for a moment , everyone is still .

Prepare for defense , she says , firm and unyielding .

No one leaves the territory until we know what were dealing with .

I stood at the edge of the room , my claws pressed into the wood of a window frame .

Outside , fog thickens , curling and twisting around itself almost as if alive .

This isnt natural , Dane says from behind me .

The metallic ring of his blade emerging from their sheath immediately follows .

I dont need him to tell me that .

The way the mist moves , its like its alive watching , waiting .

silence outside feels louder than the noise in

forest leaves rustling , crickets chirping are gone , swallowed by the dense , unnatural fog

me , her face pale but determined

get through this , she says softly , her eyes scanning the

218 2/2 The Packhouse is dead silent in their

is the first among them to show she is brave with

something , she says ,

whips to her , eyes keen

hesitates before

a place

I refused .

theyll stop at

heavier with the sense of confession and an unseen gale

face is a

that , she says

now ,

to Dane , who since Callen fell as a deadweight on

some kind of plan