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

it

his chair ,

I moved , weighing the decision on my

enough , I

requires stability now

Dane nodded slightly

Agreed .

with some

changed then , and I felt some of

the journal made me curious , I wasnt blind to the exhaustion

the

, tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it at some

came the following morning with all the noise of

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

, her hands stained with flour as she tried to

, he muttered ,

, Piper teased , nudging him with her

it would involve smoke , he shot back ,

put a smile on my

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

, I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the

herbs in her lap , her fingers

she explained their purposes

are for burns , she said , handing him a sprig of something green and

for cuts

intently , his usual

him this relaxed

Joclyn remarked ,

He shrugged .

had to

but it

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

, and the packhouse

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

reopen it , peering deeper into Kaels

, and I set it aside carefully on a

Another time , I whispered

, my broken pendant

a low hum of light

saw nothing at

those silences that

with exhaustion , like

needed

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

laid the journal ; it lay still within the worn leather , fire