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

it

in his chair ,

this ? I moved , weighing the decision

enough , I said

now

nodded

Agreed .

we can do with some

, and I felt some of that tension ease just

journal made me curious , I wasnt blind to the exhaustion still residual from

, the rest of the

ourselves wed revisit it at some time when that felt right to do so

came the following morning with all the noise of

; wolves worked together

the kitchen , her hands stained with flour as she

a disaster , he muttered , stirring a

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

he shot back , waving

their teasing put a smile

225 4/7 destruction , something about his manner

, I saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the edge of the

had a bunch of herbs in her lap ,

nimbly as she explained their purposes

said , handing him a sprig

is for

his

see him this

Joclyn remarked , a small

He shrugged .

to be

but it

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

, and the

journal lying across my lap

my fingers steeled to reopen it ,

the weight of the day pulled at me , and I set it aside carefully

time ,

, my

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

course , I saw

one of those silences that burrow into the marrow

over my head , weighted with exhaustion , like some

needed was some hours of sleep

would have turned to leave the room , was

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