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 reach

it

chair

? I moved , weighing the decision on

sacrificed enough ,

stability now , not another

nodded

Agreed .

we can do with some Chapter

, and I felt some of that tension ease just a

I wasnt blind to the exhaustion

of the night was

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

morning with all the

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

the kitchen , her hands stained with flour as she tried to teach Warrick to

, stirring a pot

impress everyone , Piper teased , nudging him with her

he shot back , waving a

teasing put a

something about his manner was lighter ,

saw Trajan sitting with Joclyn at the

had a bunch of herbs in her lap , her fingers

nimbly as she explained

burns , she said , handing him

one is for cuts and

his usual

him this relaxed , this

, a

He shrugged .

to be

it was a bond

them , the quiet understanding grown

had finally fallen , and the

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

a moment , my fingers steeled to reopen it , peering deeper

and I set it aside carefully on a nearby shelf

225 Another time ,

up to leave , my broken pendant fragments lay on

flush of sun they flared into light a low hum of light ,

saw nothing at all

one of those silences that

over my head , weighted with exhaustion , like some heavy cloak had been tossed over me

needed was some hours of

reaching and would have turned to leave the room

journal ; it

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