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

it

chair , his eyes

, weighing the decision on my

sacrificed enough ,

requires stability now , not

Dane nodded slightly

Agreed .

we can do with some Chapter 225 peace

I felt some of that tension ease just a

curious , I wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual from all theyd

rest of the night was pretty low key

it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it at some time when that felt right to do

the following morning with all the

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

Piper in the kitchen , her hands stained with flour as she tried to teach Warrick to

is a disaster , he muttered , stirring a pot that smelled

wanted to impress everyone , Piper

he shot back , waving a towel in the air

a smile on my

manner was lighter , freer than I

that afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at

in her lap

she explained

, handing him a sprig of something green

one is for

, his usual guarded expression softening

see him this relaxed ,

remarked , a

He shrugged .

had to

, unspoken but it was a bond

between them , the quiet understanding grown

and the

in the main room of it , the journal lying across my lap , firelight

a moment , my fingers steeled to reopen it , peering

the day pulled at me , and

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leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on a table

they flared into light a low hum of light , pulsing for a

saw nothing

silences that burrow

over my head , weighted with exhaustion , like some heavy cloak had been tossed

was predictably long and what I needed was some hours

my reaching and would have turned to leave the room , was against my ears , soft enough I must have

the shelf on which I laid the journal ; it lay still within the worn leather , fire dancing