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 .

, Luna , she said in almost a whisper , with great

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

I said softly

beamed before bounding away to join

the whole exchange with a small smile

226 You are good with

remind me why we do

whole pack had assembled themselves around the fire pit

; my chest heaving with pride

so much as a pack , I told them , and my voice carried across

been through adversity that should have snapped us ,

it served only to make us more

, the echo of mine ,

institute some new traditions now , to

can share in their experiences and our history

our younger wolves to develop them into

projects that

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

his presence anchoring

expanding our borders to give ourselves room to

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

side ,

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

a grin over his shoulder , crossing his arms over his chest

Youll enjoy it .

a fast

laughed at that , light teasing lightening up the

in one big blur

training in groups and eating out beneath open sky

evening , the two of us finally took some time

sun had gone down , but oranges and

, his thumb tracing over my

done something amazing here , he

did something brilliant , I corrected

a time , then Dane

for some time , he started , his hand reaching

referring to , much less what Chapter 226 the thought implied , he pulled out an exquisitely crafted diamond bracelet

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

always thought of you as my Luna

now I want you to

my breath , and for a moment , uttering a word