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

Chapter 225 AURORA Anything useful ? Dane whispered low so as not to disturb the silence in the room .

I scanned the next page , and the words blurred for only a second or two before snapping into place .

Its more personal than I expected , I said .

He speaks about the choices made as a first alpha , in respect to the weight he held for the security of his pack .

Theres much remorse in this .

Dane slanted his head , brow furrowing .

Remorse over what ? About the grove , I said , flipping to another entry .

About how he underestimated its power and the curse that came with it .

.

We read on in silence for a while , the dancing firelight casting long darkness around the room .

Then my eyes fell to one particular entry , and my breath caught .

The grove holds more than power , I read aloud .

It holds a key .

Dane straightened , his attention sharpening .

A key to what ? Chapter 225 2/7 I dont know , I said , tracing the words with my finger .

Maybe it had smudged most of the ink , but this sentence seemed to leap off the page as if it had been engraved there .

He leaned closer , interest now etched in his voice .

Does he explain ? I shook my head and flipped the page over .

He writes of a chamber hidden beneath its roots .

He was certain it housed something … something he called the source of life .

Dane furrowed his brow .

The source of life ? Of whom ? Of us , I whispered .

There , it hung in the air between us , unsaid , yet palpable .

That something so key could be buried here in this grove sent a chill down my spine .

Did he find it ? he asked .

I shook my head from side to side .

No.

but couldnt reach

it

chair , his

? I moved , weighing the decision on my

have sacrificed enough , I said

stability now , not another

nodded

Agreed .

think we can do with some

I felt some

, I wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual

the night

promising ourselves wed revisit it at some time when

all the noise of the

, their shrill giggles echoing around ; wolves worked together as they prepared breakfast , the sound of roasted

her hands stained with flour

, stirring a pot

impress everyone , Piper teased , nudging him with her elbow

involve smoke , he shot back , waving a towel

a

4/7 destruction , something about his manner was lighter

afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn

a bunch of herbs in her lap , her fingers

nimbly as she

for burns , she said , handing him a sprig of something green and

is for cuts and infections

listened intently , his usual

to see him this relaxed , this open

, Joclyn remarked , a small smile tugging at her

He shrugged .

to

, unspoken but it was

there between them , the quiet understanding grown out of time

fallen , and the packhouse had quieted

of it , the journal lying across my lap , firelight dancing gently over its worn leather cover

to reopen it , peering deeper into Kaels

, and I

Another time , I whispered

stood up to leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on a table

in a flush of sun they flared into light a low hum of light , pulsing for a time , until , as it started ,

saw nothing at all

those silences that

extended my arms up over my head , weighted with exhaustion , like

and what I needed was some hours of sleep uninterrupted

the room , was against my

laid the journal ; it lay still within the worn leather , fire