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

Chapter 222 DANE Only the beginning … I heard a whisper from no one I could see , I pushed it aside and looked down at Aurora .

The room had grown quiet , the kind of silence that pressed on your ears and made your pulse feel louder .

I stood near the couch where Aurora lay , her chest rising and falling steadily now .

She looked so small , so fragile .

It didnt suit her , not the Aurora I knew .

Warricks question still hung in the air .

And Idris ? Trajans response came to my head , his words having gone with me through my reflection , Gone .

But he made it clear that isnt all .

The outside beyond the packhouse stretched continuously , night clinging , refusing to go down as it howled silently within , Only the beginning … ck Day arrived to gradually scrape grey over the sky , while th shifted without making much noise .

The sense of fear taut upon their legs and inside each uttered word .

I stirred with the dawn , when the first light seeped through the window .

She opened her eyes , blinking up at me slowly .

Chapter 222 How long ? Her voice was hoarse .

Just a few hours , I said .

You needed it .

2/6 She tried to sit up , wincing as her body protested it .

I reached to steady her , but she waved me off , determination stronger than her exhaustion yet .

The grove ? Safe , I said .

For now .

Her eyes found mine , and in that instant , words werent necessary .

We didnt sleep .

Downstairs , the pack had gathered in the great hall , their faces contorted in anger , fear , and something else .

entirely to determination .

Aurora stood at the front of the room , her voice firmer now .

Idris wont stop .

Hell come back , and when he does , we need to be ready .

What do we do ? Piper asked , an edge in her voice .

in shadow at the far side of the

Forgotten derive power from the grove

destroy that for them

eyes slitted

said ,

runs deep and

222 will require great power and great sacrifice

Sacrifice .

the first to

have

, or the grove

down .

her gaze sweeping around the room

go to the grove

on Idris

Warrick hiked an eyebrow , sounding so

repeated with

we let it wait , we lose it

than it

, curling around

night before , but it carried a

emerged into the clearing , Idris was

center , his

dim light ,

Idris sneered , his

grove belongs to

her chin high , her voice steady

grove belongs to no

time for this to end

the pendant on her chest glowing faintly

the light spread , a shining barrier that pushed back

recoiled , hissing as if alive , and the

, his gaze narrowing

think this will save

about saving us

about saving the

his voice cutting through the tension

his tone steady but heavy with

what youre doing

at what

him , the green eyes

have chased vengeance for centuries

it has not brought

brought more pain ,

hit something

the anger

pulse , the light

brighter , forcing the Forgotten farther