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.

If we don’t act soon, she’ll have enough wolves on

deep breath. “We need to weaken her hold on the pack.

her head, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. “What are you

at Dane.

able to

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outsider? You really

won’t have to

to integrate into the pack, they just need

arms over his chest. “And you

do,” I said, confident. “They have dealt with Alina before. If anyone

leaned back in his chair, lost

on the down low could actually work in our

our crew, she won’t try to counterbalance

and continue gathering information until we can piece her schemes together bit

quarters, I found myself alone with Dane

in the hearth; the warmth was a welcome comfort after the tension

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really think the pack’s going to make

in a low

weight of leadership heavy on my shoulders.

more minds than I realized. Even if we stop her, the damage

“You’ve held this pack together through worse. We’ll

at him, his faith in me unwavering, stirring something deep inside. “Thank you,”

“For what?”

being my anchor,”

lips against mine in a soft, promise–filled

to my cheek, angling my head to deepen the kiss, while his

in my chest loosening under the warmth

as his hands moved

he said against

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smiled, hooking my fingers within his hair before responding

as the soft

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