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

Chapter 248

AURORA

Morning sunlight leaked into my office and striped the wood desk piled high with reports.

My headache in protest as I went over the latest updates about pack matters. My mind went back to the increasingly weird behavior Rowan had shown of late.

The confrontations, the outbursts, the whispered discontent in the pack all these had reached a point whereby it could not be ignored.

I let out a deep sigh and leaned back into my chair, just then a sharp knock startled me from outside the door.

“Enter,” I called, straightening further when a guard burst in, pale and in a rush with every step.

“Luna,” he said, still catching his breath. “We’ve confirmed. involvement by Rowan in… suspicious activities. He’s been having secret meetings with Alina, and… ” The guard didn’t continue, his gaze fixed on the papers on my desk.

“He has been spreading rumors in the pack.”

I had thought by this time, such frustration from him should have gone, a phase he should get past. “Are you certain?” I

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asked, stiff, though shaking inside.

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He nodded, laying on my desk a small pile of papers. “These were found in his quarters plans for… something more than a simple rebellion.”

Not surprised, my eyes finally came to rest on the incriminating evidence laid before mine, and I began turning over theory upon theory in my head.

“Where is he now?”

“In his room,” the guard said. “Shall we…”

I breathed a deep, soul searching, inward breath while my mind balanced out various options. With firm resolve then, I nodded. “Yes. Arrest him. Silently. I don’t want to panic the pack.”

Muttering had begun almost immediately. By the time he was being marched out, manhandled with two guards, the pack in groups gathered, all whispering and guessing as to who it was.

“This can’t be happening.”

“Rowan? But why?” he hushed out, surprise laced deep into his

tone.

Loud protests came from Rowan as he was dragged toward the packhouse. “This is a mistake!” he yelled, the desperation in his voice high enough that it cracked. “I didn’t do anything wrong!”

I stepped down onto the packhouse steps. The noise of the

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crowd ceased as my presence was noted.

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we have proof of your actions. You will get your chance to explain yourself, but for

that one moment, I saw the boy he had been: all

darkened in a mask of rage. “You think you’re perfect,

rest of us.”

solid, sure, a stabilizing presence. “Take him away to the holding cells,”

less than a moment, Rowan’s eyes flicked to Alina, who stood. no more than at the edge of the

her chest.

us or even say one word, yet

desk, it was almost night time. My head

what you had to,” Dane whispered, his hand warm

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on his face. “Did I? Did I fail

“You gave him every chance to prove himself. This isn’t on

encourage me, yet a

soon as I finished all my work, I went to the dungeon. I

a spot where the darkness shielded me as I

in hands, the oppressive silence broken only by the periodic

sound of footsteps lifted his gaze; his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came into view. She walked

said, her tone mocking. “Looks like you’ve finally found your

rose, fists balled.

Betrayed you?” Alina’s smile

on your own. I just

used me,” he growled in a low voice and with

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rage.

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I did. And you let me. Because deep down,

Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders.

head, pretending innocence. “Because

sank back onto the bench, bowing his head. He sat amidst the silence after Alina was long gone, words ringing in

at him, shredding layers of his anger

the least, this realization of what he had been up to and how he was being played upon.

much smaller restrictive to such an extent that its walls seemed to

while along the road the quiet envy and frustrations;

came louder, firmer. He didn’t raise his

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came soft, yet laced with an

never heard before.

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looked up more slowly. His gaze met mine. For one moment no anger glinted in my eyes,

come to see the fallen trailor?” His voice was

bars, laying hands lightly on cold metal. “I came to understand,” I

funny sound. “Understand what? That I am a disappointment? That

didn’t flinch, I didn’t let the slightest change grace my face. “I want to understand why you didn’t come to me, why you felt this would get

words cut deep, and his

anger lacing his tone. “You and Dane, you have it all! The pack, the respect, each other! And I’m nothing but

unflinching. “You were never nothing,