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 .

, she said in almost a whisper , with great pride

crouched down and took the gift , lifting it to really look at the wildflower with a grin

you , I

away

the whole exchange with a small smile on

are

do

it matter ? By morning , the whole pack had assembled themselves around the fire pit

my chest heaving with pride as

, I told them , and my voice carried across the

adversity that should have snapped

served only to make

the echo of mine ,

now , to

circles , where our elders can share in their experiences and our

our younger wolves to

projects that

across the tide of faces and broke over me like a wave of relief

closer , his presence anchoring me

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

4/6 while

the side , sarcasm

how to hold a sword was exactly what I wanted to do with

shoulder , crossing his arms

Youll enjoy it .

a fast

, light

in one big blur

in groups and eating out beneath

two of us finally took some

but oranges and

his

done something amazing here , he said softly

I corrected ,

at a time , then

this for some time , he started , his hand reaching into his

the thought implied , he pulled out an exquisitely crafted diamond bracelet from his

his voice but

always thought of you as

want you to be my

and for a moment , uttering a word was