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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I said, clear and sure. “Rowan, we have proof of your actions. You

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

you’re perfect, don’t you?”

rest of us.”

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

no more than at the edge of

her chest.

or even say one word, yet

desk, it was almost night time. My head resting

Dane whispered, his hand warm

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searching for reassurance on his face. “Did I? Did

certainty. “You gave

encourage

soon as I finished all my work, I went to the dungeon. I wanted to see how Rowan was

spot where the darkness

hands, the oppressive silence broken only

his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came into view. She walked to the bars and held

mocking. “Looks

rose, fists

you?” Alina’s

your own. I just gave you the push you

growled in a

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rage.

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And you let me. Because deep down, you wanted all I promised,

seeped from Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders.

cocked her head, pretending

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

his

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

cell felt suddenly even much smaller restrictive to such an extent that its

thinking all the while along the road the quiet envy and frustrations; the urge and need

didn’t raise his head as they stopped outside his

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yet laced with an edge he

never heard before.

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one moment no anger

to see the fallen trailor?” His voice

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

what? That I am a disappointment? That I let her wrap me

the slightest change grace my face. “I want to understand why you didn’t

his fists on his thighs curled

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

her eyes unflinching. “You were never nothing, Rowan.