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

his chair , his

, weighing the decision

have sacrificed enough , I said

requires stability now , not another mystery

nodded

Agreed .

do with some Chapter 225

some of that tension ease just

As much as the journal made me curious , I wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual from

of the night was pretty low key

the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it

came the following morning with all the noise of

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

found Piper in the kitchen , her hands stained with flour

, stirring a pot that smelled

, Piper

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

a

4/7 destruction , something about his manner

sitting with Joclyn at the edge of the grove

bunch of herbs in her lap

nimbly as she explained

handing

one is for

, his usual guarded expression softening

him this relaxed , this open

learner , Joclyn remarked , a small smile tugging at her lips

He shrugged .

to be

, unspoken but it was

things that were there between them , the quiet understanding grown out of time and respect

the packhouse had quieted

of it , the journal lying across

, my fingers steeled to reopen it , peering deeper into Kaels

the weight of the day pulled at me , and I set

time , I whispered

, my broken pendant fragments lay

hum of light , pulsing for a time ,

, I saw nothing

silences that burrow into the marrow of

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

needed was

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

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