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 .

almost a whisper ,

down and took the gift , lifting it to really

I said softly

before bounding away to join

watched the whole exchange with a small smile on his lips

226 You are

do all this

By morning , the whole pack had assembled themselves around the

before them ; my chest heaving with pride as determination was

, I told them , and my voice carried across the clearing

adversity that should have snapped us

it served only to make

mine , deep running with

us institute some new traditions now , to keep us this strong , I said

circles , where our elders can share

younger wolves to

that

of faces and broke over me like

moved closer , his presence

expanding our borders to give ourselves room to grow , he said

select few will head out to range new territory , Chapter 226 4/6 while Piper puts on combative training sessions for anyone who wants to brush

from the side , sarcasm dripping off the

to hold a sword was exactly

, crossing

Youll enjoy it .

a fast

laughed at that , light teasing lightening up the

one big blur

in groups and eating

, the two of us finally took some time away

sun had gone down , but oranges and

my hand , his thumb tracing over my

done something amazing here , he said softly

did something brilliant , I corrected , catching in on

come out one at a time , then Dane turned into me

for some time , he started , his

much less what Chapter 226 the thought implied , he pulled out an

, firmness in his voice but a slight quake in his

always thought of you as my

want you to

my breath , and for a moment