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

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AURORA

A heavy weight hung in the air as I entered the private meeting

room.

Inside, Dane was leaning over the large oak table, his hands. bracing its surface.

His jaw was set, and a multitude of creases on his brow informed me he’d been deep in thought for quite a long period of time.

“You’re up early,” I said as I closed the door behind me.

He looked up, his blue eyes gleamed. “Couldn’t sleep. Too on my mind.”

I crossed the room and laid a hand on his shoulder. “We’ll figure this out. Together.”

He nodded but didn’t relax.

“Alina’s a problem we can no longer afford to ignore, Aurora. She plants those seeds of doubt everywhere. And if we’re not careful here, it could tear this pack apart.”

I let out a heavy sigh, tugging on a chair at the table and sat down.

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“You are right, but we mustn’t take careless steps either. If we take action against her without direct evidence, all it will prove is that we’re not qualified to rule the tribe.”

Dane sat across the table, the fingers of his hands drummed against the tabletop.

“Alright, what is the plan because doing nothing isn’t working for me.

I opened my mouth to answer, but the door creaked open and Jocyln stepped inside.

She was collected as ever, apparently covered in silk, heavy weave, subtle latticework serene; her silver hair flashed like splinters in the morning light.

“I thought I might find you here,” she said, closing the door behind her. “The pack is restless. They need reassurance.”

Dane nodded toward the vacant chair beside me. “We can use. your help, Joclyn.”

She dropped delicately into her chair, turning first to Dane and then to me. “What’s the current game plan?”

I bit my lip. “We were discussing that. These manipulations of Alina are like a fire in a windstorm. The thing is that anything directly done may just bring in reverse effect until we have concrete proof of what her motives are.”

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Joclyn leaned back in her chair, a reflective look on her face. “Sometimes, wisdom is in patience. Why go head on when we can just let her unmask herself?”

“And how do we make that

forward, placing her hands in her

thrive in a world of chaos. They fall behind, however, when their deceptions are brought out into the light. Create situations where she says one thing and then acts to the contrary.

foothold with

smiled a little. “By being better leaders. Show

follow you in the first place. Strengthen your alliances, remind them of

forward, face intent. “And Alina? How do we deal with

eyes sparkled with

hang herself. But be patient. Truth has a way of

on, our discussion turned to

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holding some kind of gathering

them what we have created together,” he said. “And it would give us an

need to include everyone. It has

don’t forget the younger wolves, they’re often the most impressionable. Show them what true leadership looks

struck a chord, and my jaw set. “Let’s do it.

smile. “Careful not my

the tension in the room

the plan was in full gear. Dane took to rallying the wolves for the

pounding the event into shape. “We’ll make this the best

a pissing contest with Warrick,” I

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colored, but she grinned.

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on, the pack dynamic shifted and that bled out

there was a

paper: handwriting scattered, words scratched off with the greatest possible haste,

wolf in

my head again and again, while no name was signed, as sure as the

pack or, rather, with something entirely different

note, the meaning weighing

my mind spun as different pieces

another wolf concealing their actual intentions, simply waiting for an

light rap at the door startled me; instinctively I folded up the note and thrust it in the

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gates of teeth, seemed

vision as cutting as any razor edge. “You look harassed,”

back out to her. “This was left

the words. She said nothing immediately after, heavy silence as she weighed her

wrote this wanted to sow doubt, but it

“You think

to

whispered, thinking of all the pack

be on our guard,”

this has something to do with Alina, she’ll have eyes and ears

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