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

leaned back in his chair , his

? I moved , weighing the decision

have sacrificed enough

now , not another

nodded slightly

Agreed .

we can do with

subject was changed then , and I felt some of that tension ease

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

the rest of the night was pretty low key

wed revisit it at

following morning with all the noise

ran along the corridors , their shrill giggles echoing around ; wolves worked together

kitchen , her hands stained with flour as she

a disaster , he muttered , stirring a pot that smelled

, Piper teased , nudging him with her

shot back

their teasing put a smile on my

destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer than I

Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge of the

of herbs in her

she

, she said , handing

one is for

, his usual guarded

see him this relaxed , this

quick learner , Joclyn remarked , a small smile

He shrugged .

had to

but it was a

that were there between them ,

the packhouse had quieted down

, the journal

a moment , my fingers steeled to reopen it

at me , and I set it aside carefully on

Another time , I

up to leave , my

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

, I saw nothing at all

was one of those silences that burrow into the marrow of bones

arms up over my head , weighted with exhaustion , like some heavy

predictably long and what I needed was some hours

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

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