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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clear and sure. “Rowan, we have proof of your actions. You will get your chance to explain yourself,

the boy he had been: all earnest, all yearning, all desperate for someone’s

in a mask of rage. “You think you’re perfect, don’t you?” he said. “You think you’re better than

rest of us.”

him away to the holding cells,” he

to Alina, who stood. no more than

her chest.

us or even say one

at my office desk, it was almost night time. My head resting on my

you had to,” Dane whispered, his

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on his face. “Did I?

made his choices,” Dane said with certainty. “You gave him every chance to prove himself. This isn’t on

the words did encourage me, yet

I finished all my work, I went to the dungeon. I wanted to see

I stood in a spot where the darkness shielded

bench, head in hands, the oppressive silence broken only by the periodic dripping

1 narrowed as Alina came into view. She walked to

her tone mocking. “Looks

fists

you?” Alina’s smile spread

own. I just gave you the push you

growled in

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rage.

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And you let me. Because deep down, you wanted

from Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders. sagging in

her head, pretending

He sat

of his anger

what he had been up to and how he was being played upon. He hunched over, his head between his knees, and went into quick shallow breathing. His chains clang

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

road the

time the footsteps came louder, firmer. He didn’t raise his head as they stopped

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came soft, yet laced with an edge

never heard before.

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

to see the fallen trailor?”

hands lightly on cold metal. “I came to

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

“I want to understand

cut deep, and his fists on his thighs

and Dane, you have it

were never nothing, Rowan. You were one of us. You still