Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 249

ALINA

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Firelight in the gathered hall danced upon the walls in long shadows while I sat toward the rear.

I chose my place for a specific reason: I could let my eyes trail across them, from the babbling wolves to those nervous looks at neighbors and the more who whispered stories of Rowan’s rise and fall into destruction.

“Did you hear how he argued with Aurora before he was arrested?” I whispered to Lyra, a younger wolf sitting to my side.

Lyra’s ears twitched. “I heard him say something about her playing favorites. Is that true?”

I sighed, faking reluctance. “I wouldn’t say that outright, but. There’s truth to every rumor, isn’t there? Rowan wouldn’t have acted out for no reason.”

Lyra frowned, her gaze wandering to the front of the room, where Aurora stood beside Dane. “But Aurora’s always been fair.”

“Fair?” I let the word hang in the air, laced with doubt.

“Fairness is not the same thing as a good leader, Lyra. Fair doesn’t mean it listens to everyone. Rowan wanted to be heard,

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and look where it got him.

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And in that, the seed was sown. Lyra’s doubt would grow like a fire taking to burn slowly, and I would be the one fanning the flames.

Later that day, I made my way to the training grounds, where a group of wolves sparred beneath the sharp commands of Piper.

Her voice rang out with authority, but with a jagged edge a hairline crack that I was more than happy to widen.

“Piper,” I called, taunting her with a sweet smile.

She turned, wiping the sweat off her forehead. “What do you want, Alina?”

“Just a moment of your time,” I said innocently. “You work so hard. I thought you could use a little break.”

Piper crossed her arms. “I’m busy.”

“Too busy to hear what Warrick’s been saying?”

I had

shrugged, looking offhandedly toward

wolves. He seemed awfully impressed with Freya the

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jaw clenched.

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I said smoothly. “But

Wolves talk. And sometimes. admiration can turn

at me, her features hardening.

I replied, trying to

be prepared, Piper. Strong wolves like you don’t have to let

ensued was satisfying… I walked away, glad that I was getting all

quarters of Rowan in

behind.

gathered together in haste following his arrest, but one thing caught my eye: a folded piece of

my eyes over the spidery, uneven handwriting. The words were cryptic, near nonsensical at first glance, but one phrase

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pounding in my chest, yet I kept my breathing

“What are you doing?”

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to face Piper standing at

hiding the letter behind my back. “Rowan’s mess, you

her eyes. “You

the door. “But if anyone asks, we’ll just say you were

her into the hallway as the letter seemed to burn like a secret

my own quarters,

the implications of the cryptic

is the truth? And how could

the papers on my desk, my fingers trembling in the mixture of excitement and

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desperation had

in my chair, staring at the letter as if it might reveal more if I just

defined this pack, molded

Rowan have this? And

a while I stepped outside, I sat on the training grounds, pretending to watch the sparring matches while

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sharp voice cut through the space as she corrected some young

side, his easy grin back in place as he offered some kind of joke that made