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 yourself, but for now, you’ll be

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

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

rest of us.”

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

Rowan’s eyes flicked to Alina, who stood. no more than at the edge of the

her chest.

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

almost night time. My head resting on

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

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on his face. “Did I?

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

course the words did encourage me, yet a

I finished all my work, I went to

cold, dimly lit, I stood in a spot where the darkness shielded me

in hands, the oppressive silence

his eyes 1 narrowed as Alina came into view.

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

fists

Betrayed you?” Alina’s

your own. I

growled in a low

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rage.

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did. And you let

seeped from Rowan, vanquished, his

head, pretending innocence. “Because

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

layers of his anger

and how he was being played upon. He hunched over, his head between

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

the quiet envy

didn’t raise his head

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my voice came soft, yet laced with an edge he

never heard before.

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met mine. For one moment no anger glinted in my eyes, no triumph, only

see the fallen

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

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

let the slightest change grace my face. “I want to

his fists

would not have seen me otherwise!” he spat, anger lacing his tone. “You and Dane, you have it all! The pack, the respect,

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