Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 226 AURORA It was still clinging to my skin , the chill of the night before , when I woke , the vision of the glowing pieces of the pendant fresh .

Morning light pouring through the packhouse windows , though .

managed to chase some of the leftover unease away .

Outside , what met my gaze was a balm of sweet solace to my soul .

Brilliant blue met the horizon again , bathing the village in golden warmth from the sun .

Wolves moved purposefully as they rebuilt , the sound of their laughter and chatter mingled with hammering and sawing .

Dane was at the tree line , facing off with some number of scouts .

Relaxed shoulders still ; he stands strong , holding command without command .

Hes happy when hes watching me and his easy smiling tugged a deep inner piece of myself in his direction .

Morning , he offered , the sound of warmth steady as I stepped up and stopped beside him , taking his own sean around the little action scene happening .

Chapter 226 It is , really , I said smiling just now doing it my way loo .

2/6 He nodded , his gaze following mine .

We fought hard for this .

This time we allow ourselves to enjoy it .

We spent the morning wandering the village and making sure things were progressing as well as they appeared .

Wolves were smiling at us , giving us progress reports .

The roof on the storehouse is all but complete , one wolf told us , jerking a chin toward the huge structure .

Should be done by next week .

And cleaned the rubble out of the eastern fields , one of them added .

The crops ought to grow healthy once more .

The pups were further off at play ; their giggles were wafted forward by the breeze .

The puppies tore through the grass at each other , a never ending sphere of energy .

One came to me : a little girl , large , round eyes with that sense of curiosity , holding onto something .

a whisper , with

and took the gift , lifting it to really look at the

I said

bounding away to join friends

whole exchange with a small smile

226 You are good with them

remind me why we do

the whole pack

before them ; my chest heaving with pride as determination

been through so much as a pack , I told them

have been through adversity that should have snapped

served only to make us more resilient

eyes flashed , the echo of mine ,

, to keep

where our elders can share in their experiences

our younger wolves to develop

projects that

murmur of assent rippled across the tide of faces and broke

his presence anchoring

give ourselves room to grow ,

head out to range new territory , Chapter 226 4/6 while Piper puts on combative training sessions for

Piper groaned from the side , sarcasm dripping

sword was exactly what I wanted

grin over his shoulder ,

Youll enjoy it .

a fast learner

at that , light teasing

one big

and

finally took some time away from the

down , but oranges and pinks

, his thumb

here , he said softly

, I corrected , catching

silence and watched the stars come out one at a time , then Dane turned into

meaning to do this for some time , he started ,

the thought implied , he

said , firmness in his voice but a slight quake in his hand

have always thought of you as my

you to

caught my breath , and for a moment , uttering a word