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 reach

left it unfinished

in his chair ,

? I moved , weighing the

have sacrificed enough ,

stability now , not another mystery

Dane nodded

Agreed .

we can do with some Chapter 225 peace

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

wasnt blind to the exhaustion still

the rest of the night

wed revisit

the following morning with all the noise of

around ; wolves worked together as

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

is a disaster , he muttered , stirring a

one who wanted to impress everyone , Piper

, he shot back , waving a towel in

put a smile on my face

225 4/7 destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer

afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge of the grove

a bunch of herbs in her lap ,

as she explained their purposes

handing him a sprig

is for cuts and infections

, his

see him this relaxed , this open

quick learner , Joclyn remarked , a

He shrugged .

to

but it

there between them , the quiet understanding grown out of time and

, and the packhouse had

it , the journal lying across my lap , firelight dancing gently

steeled to reopen

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

Another time ,

, my broken pendant fragments

of light , pulsing for a time , until , as

, I saw nothing

of those silences that burrow

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

long and what I needed was some hours of

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

the shelf on which I laid the journal