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

Chapter 245

Aurora

As the crowd began to disperse, Alina’s gaze focused on Rowan.

Her smirk was gone, replaced by something colder, sharper.

“This isn’t over,” she muttered, her words addressed to no one in particular.

But the look in her eyes told me the battle was far from won.

I watched Alina leave, her steps slow and calculated, Rowan trailing behind her like a shadow.

The crowd reduced, wolves murmuring amongst themselves as they returned to their homes.

Dane stood beside me, his jaw clenched.

“She’s not giving up,” he said.

“I know,” I said, my voice low. “And Rowan is too entangled in her web to see the truth. She’s feeding off his doubts, and if we’re not careful, she’ll tear this pack apart before we can stop her.”

Dane’s hand came down on my shoulder, anchoring me.

“We need a real plan. Something that doesn’t just counter her lies but exposes her for what she is.”

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them, in the council room.

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Trajan, Piper, Warrick, and Joclyn all sat around the table, their

faces taut like the silence.

“Alina’s more dangerous than we thought,” I started.

“She isn’t just working against unity, she is actually planning some heavy–handed means of bringing us down. Tonight was proof.”

Piper leaned forward, her hands clasped tightly.

“It is only Rowan’s hesitation that is holding this back from completely spiraling out of control.

But the more Alina pushes him, the likelihood that he may act before we are ready increases.

than push,” Trajan said. “She thrives on chaos.. If we don’t act soon, she’ll have enough wolves on her side to make a

taking a deep breath. “We need to weaken her hold on

her eyes sparkling with

at Dane. He nodded slightly,

pack who might be able to help. Someone who

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reduced into a

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outsider? You really think the pack is going to trust

have to

the pack, they just need to give

his arms over his chest. “And you trust this

dealt with Alina before. If anyone can aid us, it

in his chair, lost in

low could actually work

they’re part of our crew, she won’t try to

in, and continue gathering information

to their quarters, I found myself alone with Dane in the stillness of

fire crackled softly outside in the hearth; the warmth

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going to make

in a

stared into the fire, the weight of leadership heavy on my shoulders. “It has to,” I

more minds than I realized. Even if we stop her, the damage she’s done

my knee. “You’ve held this

looked at him, his faith in me unwavering, stirring something

“For what?”

always being my anchor,”

his lips against mine in a soft, promise–filled

angling my head to deepen the kiss, while his other one slid around my waist,

moment–the tension in my

kisses turned more desperate as his hands

said against my

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his hair before responding in whispered words, “And you

the soft knock on the door interrupted

pulled back, my heart still racing, as Dane stood to answer it. Trajan stood on the other