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

left it

leaned back in his chair , his eyes thoughtful

I moved , weighing the

have sacrificed enough , I said

requires stability now , not

nodded slightly

Agreed .

do with

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

wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual from all theyd

rest of the night was pretty low

I closed the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit

all

corridors , their 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 to teach Warrick

he muttered , stirring a pot that smelled

to impress everyone , Piper teased ,

shot back , waving a

put a smile on my

4/7 destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer than I had seen before

, I saw Trajan sitting with

had a bunch of herbs in her lap ,

as she explained their

, she said , handing him a sprig of something

for

, his

to see him this

a quick learner , Joclyn remarked , a small

He shrugged .

had to be

but it was a

that were there between them , the quiet

finally fallen , and the packhouse had quieted

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

reopen it , peering deeper into Kaels secrets

the weight of the day pulled at me , and I

Another time ,

leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on a

of sun they flared into light a low hum of light , pulsing for a time

I saw nothing at all

that burrow into the

with exhaustion ,

needed was some hours of sleep uninterrupted

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

eyes running across the shelf on which I laid the journal ; it lay still within the worn leather