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.

tried but couldnt reach

it

back in his chair , his

, weighing the decision on

have sacrificed enough , I said

now ,

Dane nodded slightly

Agreed .

we can do with some

was changed then , and I felt some of that tension

journal made me curious , I wasnt

that , the rest of the night was pretty low

I closed the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed

morning with all the noise of the

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

her hands stained with flour as she tried

disaster , he muttered , stirring a pot

who wanted to impress everyone , Piper teased ,

didnt think it would involve smoke , he shot back , waving a towel

, their teasing put a smile on my

4/7 destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer than I had seen before

Trajan sitting with

bunch of herbs in her lap

nimbly as she explained their purposes

she said , handing him a

this one is for cuts and

his usual guarded expression

was rare to see him this

quick learner , Joclyn remarked ,

He shrugged .

to be

it was a bond

were just things that were there between them , the

had finally fallen , and the packhouse had quieted down once again

room of it , the journal lying across

steeled to reopen it ,

and I set it aside

225 Another time

to leave , my broken

a low hum of light ,

I saw

those silences that burrow

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

was predictably long and what I needed was some hours of

reaching and would have turned to leave the room , was against my ears

which I laid the journal ; it lay still within the