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 unfinished

chair , his

, weighing the

have sacrificed enough

requires stability now , not another

nodded

Agreed .

we can do with some Chapter 225

, and I felt some of that tension ease just a little

, I wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual from all

, the rest of the

ourselves wed revisit it at some

the following morning with all the noise of

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

her hands stained with flour as she tried

disaster , he muttered ,

everyone ,

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

a smile on

Chapter 225 4/7 destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer than I had

afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with

herbs in her

she explained their

said , handing him a sprig of something green

is for cuts and infections

his usual guarded expression

was rare to see him this relaxed ,

remarked , a small smile tugging

He shrugged .

had to be

it

, the quiet understanding grown out of time and respect

and the packhouse had quieted

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

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

at me , and I set it aside carefully on

time

to leave , my broken pendant

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

course , I saw nothing

one of those silences that

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

predictably long and what I needed was some

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

on which I laid the journal ; it lay still within