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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proof of your actions. You will get your chance to

that one moment, I saw the boy he had been:

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

rest of us.”

him away to the holding cells,” he said to

Alina, who stood. no more

her chest.

one step closer to us or even say one word,

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

what you had to,” Dane whispered, his hand

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

“You gave

did encourage me, yet a

to the dungeon. I wanted to see how Rowan was

cell was cold, dimly lit, I stood in a spot where the darkness

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

as Alina came into view. She walked to

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

rose, fists

Alina’s smile spread

on your own. I just gave you the push you

used me,” he growled in a low voice and with

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rage.

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bars, her eyes glowing. “Of course I did. And you let me. Because deep down, you

anger seeped from Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders.

pretending innocence.

sank back onto the bench, bowing his head. He sat amidst

layers of his anger to reveal raw

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

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

along the road the quiet envy and frustrations; the

firmer. He didn’t raise his head as

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my voice came soft, yet laced with an

never heard before.

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

come to see the fallen trailor?” His voice was

the bars, laying hands lightly

“Understand what? That I am a disappointment? That I

grace my face. “I want to understand why you didn’t come to me, why

deep, and his fists on

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

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