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 , his eyes thoughtful

I moved , weighing the decision on my

have sacrificed enough

pack requires stability now ,

Dane nodded slightly

Agreed .

think we can do with some

and I felt some of that tension ease just

wasnt blind to the exhaustion

, the rest of the night was pretty low

closed the journal , tucked it away , promising ourselves wed revisit it at some time when that felt right to do so

came the following morning with all

, their shrill giggles echoing around ; wolves worked together as

her hands stained with

,

impress everyone ,

involve smoke , he shot back

teasing put a

destruction , something about his manner was lighter , freer

I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge of

a bunch of herbs in her lap , her

nimbly as she

, she said , handing him

is for cuts

, his

him this

quick learner , Joclyn remarked , a small smile tugging at her lips

He shrugged .

to

but it was

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

finally fallen , and the

the journal lying across

reopen it , peering deeper into

the day pulled at me , and I set it aside carefully on a nearby shelf

225 Another time

, my

, and in a flush of sun they flared into light a low hum of light , pulsing for a time , until , as

saw

was one of those silences that burrow into

weighted with exhaustion , like some heavy cloak had

and what I needed was some hours of sleep

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

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