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

flashed to mine, and in that one moment, I saw the boy he had been: all

you’re perfect, don’t you?”

rest of us.”

sure, a stabilizing presence. “Take him away to

who stood. no more than at the edge

her chest.

one step closer to us or even say one word, yet her smile ran chills up my

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

did what you had to,” Dane whispered,

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on his face. “Did I? Did I

with certainty. “You gave him every chance to prove

did encourage me, yet a

went to the dungeon. I wanted to see how Rowan

stood in a spot where the

the oppressive silence broken only by the periodic dripping water from the

his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came into view. She

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

rose, fists

Alina’s

on your own. I just gave you the push you

me,” he growled in a low voice and

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rage.

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“Of course I did. And you let me. Because deep down,

vanquished,

her head, pretending innocence.

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

shredding layers of his anger to reveal raw shame lying

to and how he was being played upon. He hunched over, his head between his knees, and went into

to such an extent that its walls seemed to close in on

the while along the road the quiet envy and frustrations; the urge and need to amount to

came louder, firmer. He didn’t raise his head as they stopped outside

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yet laced with

never heard before.

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

the fallen trailor?” His voice was

another step closer to the bars, laying hands lightly on cold metal. “I came to understand,” I

wasn’t a funny sound. “Understand what? That I am a disappointment? That I let

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

and his fists on his thighs

otherwise!” he spat, anger lacing his tone. “You and Dane, you have it all! The pack, the respect, each other!

unflinching. “You were never nothing, Rowan. You