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?”

and I knew I had her attention. “What are you

shrugged, looking offhandedly toward the sparring

probably nothing. I just overheard him mentioning how he admires, strong willed wolves. He seemed awfully

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jaw clenched. “Warrick wouldn’t

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I said smoothly. “But you know

sometimes. admiration can turn into something

features hardening. “Why are you

I thought that you should know,” I

Strong wolves like you

was satisfying… I walked away, glad that I was

the now vacant quarters of Rowan in search

behind.

been gathered together in haste following his arrest, but one thing caught my eye: a folded piece of parchment tucked beneath the edge of

near nonsensical at first glance, but

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in my chest, yet I kept my

“What are you doing?”

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standing at the

up,” I replied casually, hiding the

eyes. “You shouldn’t be

if anyone asks, we’ll just say

an answer, brushing past her into the hallway

into the silence of my own

implications of the cryptic

the truth? And how could it

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

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had unearthed something significant. This could

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

held secrets that had defined this pack,

this? And why hadn’t he

sat on the training grounds, pretending to watch the sparring matches while my mind.

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cut through the space as she corrected some young wolf’s

grin back in place as he offered