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

left it

leaned back in his chair , his eyes

pursue this ? I moved ,

sacrificed enough

now , not

nodded slightly

Agreed .

think we can do with

, and I felt some of that tension

, I wasnt blind

, the rest of the night was pretty low key

wed revisit it at some

all the

wolves worked together as they prepared breakfast , the sound of roasted meat wafting

stained with flour as she tried to teach Warrick to

muttered ,

to impress everyone , Piper teased , nudging him with her

smoke , he shot back

their teasing put a smile on my

, something about his manner was lighter , freer than I

Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge

in her lap , her

as she explained their

for burns , she said , handing him

is for cuts and

listened intently , his usual

him this relaxed ,

learner , Joclyn remarked , a

He shrugged .

had to be

but it

them , the

the packhouse had quieted down once again

couch in the main room of it , the journal lying

steeled to reopen

, and I set it aside

time , I

I stood up to leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on

, and in a flush of sun they flared into light a low hum of light , pulsing for a time , until , as it started , it was suddenly gone

I saw nothing

was one of those silences that burrow into the marrow of

extended my arms up over my head , weighted with exhaustion

and what I needed was some hours of sleep

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

journal ; it lay still within the worn leather , fire