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

Chapter 244

Piper

As Warrick and I finally managed to catch our breath, the sound. of Rowan’s voice brought us both back down to earth.

“They’re blind to what’s coming,” he snapped.

Warrick and I looked at one another once, and nodded, mine angling toward the trees.

“We have to stop this,” I whispered.

But as we drew closer, Alina’s gaze sliced in our direction; the smirk twisted in her face told me she knew we were there.

Alina said nothing to Rowan, but the smirk deepened as her eyes lugged in our direction.

My heart rammed in my chest, not in fear but in frustration.

She knew we watched her and she wanted us to know that she was fearless.

I touched Warrick’s arm, gesturing for us to back further into the shadows.

“We can’t confront them here,” I whispered. “She’ll twist it to make us look like the aggressors.”

Warrick nodded, his jaw clenched in anger that he was fighting

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“Then we need more evidence,” he said. “We can’t keep chasing shadows. We need something concrete to take back to Aurora.

As we slipped back through the trees, Rowan’s voice carried

once more.

“This isn’t about chaos, Alina. I want them to respect me. To see me as someone worthy of leading.”

Her laugh was soft and laced with mockery. “Respect is overrated, Rowan. Power control is what matters. Respect follows those who take what they want.”

I could see hesitation was written all over his face all the way from where we were hiding.

A small spark of hope flared for a moment; maybe, just maybe, he would manage to see through her manipulations after all.

But Alina moved in closer, brushing her hand against his arm.

“Don’t doubt yourself now,” she purred. “You’ve come this far. You deserve this.”

Rowan had nothing to say, but in the silence that fell, his words

resounded loud.

Soon we got back to the pack house, I entered my room and nearly punched the wall as I slammed the door shut..

“She’s twisting it all,” I growled. “She’s taking all his insecurities. and using them to arm him up against us.”

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known that Rowan is vulnerable to this,” I heard Warrick say from behind me and I flinched, I turned

here?” I grunted and sat on my

the younger wolves too.

Aurora and Dane are already stretched thin. How do we

on her terms,” he said. “We outthink her. If Alina’s strength is in turning words into weapons, then we need to show the pack the truth. Actions speak louder than

words soothed something inside of me.

focus on showing the pack

to bed without an answer to

***

arrived in the form of Trajan, who approached me

carried a small bunch of notes, his

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behind in the training

them to me.

the notes, my stomach clenching as I read

words were clear and damning, outlining her plans to pitt the younger wolves against

been planning this for weeks,” I said, handing the notes

Warrick.

is the proof we’ve been

to show this

Quarters, and just as we had it, Dane was there with

my outburst, yesterday,” Dane said

turned to Trajan who whispered to me, “I don’t think this is the

I understand you, Dane, I should be the one apologizing for

he tried to pull me away. I jerked off my hands. I don’t

apologize, my queen,” Dane

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opened my eyes wide as I screamed, ‘yes‘

his throat and entered

that, I frowned as I followed him. I noticed Aurora’s cheeks flush as

intently as I laid it all out, everything we

the notes had been spread over the table. The contents

is time,” Aurora said in a firm, even tone. “This is it, this is the proof we need to confront her. But this is something that requires strategy on how to present

a meeting. If Alina wants to play this game

was set for

had assembled in the clearing by nightfall, their murmurs growing loud as Aurora and Dane stepped forward, Rowan and Alina stood at the edge of the

unreadable.

her hand for

all for coming,” she said, opening, “there’s been lots of tension built up in this pack, and it’s time we

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sea of faces until they came

on Rowan.

is at its most resilient when unity binds us all together, and it’s been under attack for a number of weeks

misunderstandings have sprouted, and now is a very good time to

uncomfortably, to which Alina