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

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

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

rest of us.”

came beside me, solid, sure, a stabilizing presence. “Take him

who stood. no

her chest.

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

my office desk, it was almost night time. My

Dane

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for reassurance on

choices,” Dane said with certainty. “You gave him

encourage

I went to

stood in a spot where the darkness shielded

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

his gaze; his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came

mocking. “Looks like you’ve finally found

rose, fists

Alina’s smile spread

all on your own. I

used me,” he growled in a low voice and

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rage.

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

anger seeped from Rowan, vanquished, his shoulders. sagging in defeat.

her head, pretending innocence.

He sat amidst the silence after Alina was long gone, words ringing in his

hit at him, shredding layers of his anger to reveal raw shame

and how he was being played

such an extent that

all the while along the road the

louder, firmer. He didn’t raise his

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soft, yet laced with an edge he

never heard before.

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one moment no anger glinted in my eyes,

to see the fallen trailor?” His

bars, laying hands lightly

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

the slightest change grace my face. “I want to understand why you

words cut deep, and his

“You and Dane, you have it all! The pack, the respect, each other! And

nothing, Rowan. You