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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You will get

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

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

rest of us.”

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

Alina, who stood. no more than

her chest.

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

was almost night

Dane whispered, his hand warm against

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reassurance on his face. “Did I? Did

Dane said with certainty. “You gave him every

the words did encourage me,

went to the dungeon. I

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

hands, the oppressive silence broken only by the periodic dripping

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

her tone mocking.

fists balled.

Betrayed you?” Alina’s

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

growled in a low

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rage.

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And you let me. Because deep down, you

from Rowan, vanquished, his

her head, pretending innocence. “Because I

his head. He sat amidst the

shredding layers of his anger to reveal raw shame lying

of what he had been up to and how he was being played upon. He hunched

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

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

time the footsteps came louder, firmer. He didn’t raise his head as

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soft, yet laced

never heard before.

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met mine. For one moment no anger glinted in

come to see the fallen trailor?” His

closer to the bars, laying hands

a funny sound. “Understand what? That I am

face. “I want to understand why you didn’t come to

and his fists on his

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

nothing, Rowan. You were one of