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

left it

leaned back in his chair , his eyes thoughtful

I moved , weighing the decision on my

sacrificed enough , I

now ,

nodded slightly

Agreed .

do with some

felt some of that tension ease just a

wasnt blind to the exhaustion still

rest of the night

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

all the noise of

ran along the corridors , their shrill giggles echoing around ; wolves worked together as they prepared breakfast , the sound of

her hands stained with flour as she tried to teach

disaster , he muttered , stirring

the one who wanted to impress everyone , Piper teased , nudging him

think it would involve smoke , he shot back , waving a towel in the

put a smile on my face

something about his manner

sitting with Joclyn at the edge of the grove

had a bunch of herbs in her

she explained

said , handing him a sprig of something green

this one is for cuts and

listened intently , his usual

to see him

learner , Joclyn remarked , a

He shrugged .

had to

but it was a bond

were just things that were there between them , the quiet understanding grown out of time and respect

the packhouse had quieted down once

, the journal lying across

to reopen it , peering deeper

me , and I set it

Another time

to leave , my broken pendant

low hum of light , pulsing for a time , until , as it started ,

course , I saw

was one of those silences that burrow into

head , weighted with exhaustion , like some heavy cloak

long and what I needed was some hours of

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

the shelf on which I laid the journal ; it lay still within the worn leather , fire dancing across it