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

need to weaken her hold on the pack. But we can’t do

eyes sparkling with curiosity. “What are you

hesitated, looking at Dane. He nodded slightly, still

who might be able to help. Someone who knows Alina’s tactics better

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face reduced into

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bringing in an outsider? You really think the pack is going to trust

to

pack, they just need to give

his arms over his chest. “And you trust this

have dealt with Alina before. If anyone can aid

in his

low could

our

them in, and continue gathering information until we can piece her

night, when the others had gone to their quarters, I found myself alone with Dane in the stillness

in the hearth; the warmth

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think the pack’s going to make it through this?”

a low

of leadership heavy on my shoulders. “It has to,”

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

out and squeezed my knee. “You’ve held this pack together through worse. We’ll

his faith in me unwavering, stirring something deep inside. “Thank

“For what?”

always being my anchor,” I

in a little closer, his lips against mine in

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

my chest loosening under the

kisses turned more desperate as his hands moved across my skin tenderly

said against my

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smiled, hooking my fingers within his hair before responding in

the soft

Dane stood to answer it. Trajan stood on the other side, his face