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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your actions. You will get your chance to explain yourself, but for

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

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

rest of us.”

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

moment, Rowan’s eyes flicked to Alina, who stood. no

her chest.

one step closer to us or even say one word, yet her

at my office desk, it was almost night

to,” Dane whispered, his hand

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then, searching for reassurance on

made his choices,” Dane said with certainty. “You gave him every chance

did encourage

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

stood in a spot

in hands, the oppressive

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

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

rose, fists

you?” Alina’s smile spread

your own. I

used me,” he growled in a low

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rage.

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“Of course I did. And you let me.

from Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders. sagging in

her head, pretending innocence. “Because

Alina turned to leave, Rowan sank back onto the bench, bowing his head. He sat amidst the silence

hit at him, shredding layers of his

say the least, this realization of what he had been up to and how he was being played upon. He hunched over, his head between his knees,

restrictive to such an extent that its walls

along the road the quiet envy and frustrations;

footsteps came louder, firmer. He didn’t raise

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my voice came soft, yet laced with an edge he

never heard before.

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

fallen trailor?”

step closer to the bars, laying hands

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

want to understand why you didn’t come

cut deep, and his fists on his thighs

“You and Dane, you have it all! The pack,

never nothing, Rowan.