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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actions. You will get your chance to

saw the boy he had been: all earnest, all yearning, all desperate

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

rest of us.”

“Take him

Alina, who stood. no

her chest.

didn’t take one step closer to us or even say one

office desk, it was almost night time. My head

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

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

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

the words did encourage

to the dungeon. I wanted to see how

in a spot where the darkness shielded

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

gaze; his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came into view. She walked

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

rose, fists balled.

you?” Alina’s

did that all on your own. I just gave you the

in a

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rage.

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

seeped from Rowan, vanquished, his

her head, pretending innocence.

bowing his head. He sat amidst the silence after Alina was

at him, shredding layers of his anger to reveal

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

felt suddenly even much smaller restrictive to such an extent that

had been thinking all the while along the road the quiet envy and

He didn’t raise his

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came soft, yet laced

never heard before.

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

come to see the fallen trailor?” His voice was bitter,

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 into

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

and his fists

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

eyes unflinching. “You were never nothing, Rowan. You were one of us.