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

left it unfinished

chair ,

we pursue this ? I moved , weighing the decision on my shoulders

have sacrificed enough ,

now , not another

nodded slightly

Agreed .

with

changed then , and I felt some of

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

the rest of the night

closed the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it at some

all the noise of

together as they prepared breakfast

found Piper in the kitchen , her hands stained with flour as she tried

muttered , stirring a pot that smelled

everyone , Piper teased , nudging him with her elbow

smoke , he shot back , waving a towel in the air

their teasing put a smile on my

his manner was lighter , freer than I had

afternoon , I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at

bunch of herbs in her lap , her fingers

nimbly as she explained

for burns , she said , handing him a

one is for cuts and infections

, his

to see him this relaxed , this

, a small smile tugging at

He shrugged .

had to be

unspoken but it was a

between them , the quiet understanding grown out of

, and the

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

, my fingers steeled to reopen

at me , and I set it aside carefully

time , I whispered

, my broken pendant

light a low hum of light , pulsing for a

, I saw nothing at

of those silences that burrow into the

over my head , weighted with exhaustion

needed was some

, at my reaching and would have turned to leave the room , was against my ears , soft enough I must have imagined

laid the journal ; it lay still within