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

it unfinished

in his chair , his eyes

I moved , weighing the decision on

have sacrificed enough

requires stability now ,

Dane nodded

Agreed .

with

changed then , and I felt some of that tension ease just a

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

the rest of the night was pretty low

and I closed the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it at some time when that

morning with all the noise

worked together as

hands stained with flour as

,

one who wanted to impress everyone , Piper teased

he shot back

, their teasing put a

his manner was lighter , freer than I had seen

afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge

herbs in

she explained their purposes

said , handing him a

one is for

listened intently , his usual guarded

him this relaxed

,

He shrugged .

had to

but it was

just things that were there between them ,

fallen , and the packhouse had quieted down

main room of it , the journal lying across my lap , firelight dancing gently over

steeled to reopen it , peering deeper

pulled at me , and I set it aside carefully on a nearby shelf

225 Another time , I

to leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on a

low hum of light , pulsing for a time , until , as it started , it was

I saw nothing

those silences that burrow into the

up over my head , weighted with exhaustion ,

I needed was some hours of sleep uninterrupted

and would have turned to leave the room

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