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 her attention. “What are you talking

offhandedly toward the

just overheard him mentioning how he admires, strong willed wolves. He seemed awfully impressed with Freya the other

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jaw clenched. “Warrick wouldn’t

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wouldn’t,” I said smoothly.

sometimes. admiration can turn into something

glared at me, her features hardening. “Why are

thought that you should know,” I

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

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

vacant quarters of Rowan in search of whatever

behind.

his arrest, but one thing caught

nonsensical at first glance, but

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chest, yet I

“What are you doing?”

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face Piper standing at

cleaning up,” I replied casually, hiding the

“You shouldn’t be

asks, we’ll just say you were checking

hallway as the letter seemed

slipped into the silence of my own

mind was racing, piecing together the implications of the cryptic words. “The truth buried in

is the truth? And how could it

on my desk, my fingers trembling in the mixture of

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fool, but his desperation had unearthed something significant. This

at the letter as

that had defined this pack, molded its. leaders,

why would Rowan have this? And why hadn’t he used

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

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voice cut through the space as she corrected some young

place as he offered some kind of joke that made the group