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?”

scowled. “And how do we make that

placing her hands in her

the light. Create situations where she says one thing and then acts to the contrary. Talk about pack harmony while you’re behind the scenes gathering evidence

Dane. “She’s already got a foothold with some of

little. “By being better leaders.

first place. Strengthen your alliances, remind

intent. “And Alina? How do we deal with her without

sparkled

rope, and she’ll hang herself. But be patient. Truth has a way

discussion turned

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holding some kind of gathering in celebration of the pack’s unity

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

“We will need to include everyone.

they’re often the most impressionable. Show

jaw set. “Let’s do it. But we will have

smile. “Careful not my strong suit, but for you, I’ll

chuckled then, and the tension in the room

rallying the wolves for the gathering while I sat down with the pack leaders. to discuss

shape. “We’ll make this the best celebration this pack

pissing

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colored, but she grinned. “No

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on, the pack dynamic shifted and that bled out

in my office, there was

handwriting scattered, words scratched off with the greatest possible

the wolf in sheep’s

while no name was signed, as

pack or, rather, with something entirely

note, the meaning weighing in

spun as different pieces of recent events clicked into

Alina, or was another wolf concealing their actual intentions, simply waiting for an opportune

I

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in,” I said, and the voice, within its gates of teeth, seemed to issue the word as if from

as cutting as any razor edge. “You look harassed,” she said, shutting the door

stammered over the words, extending the note back out to

She said nothing immediately after, heavy silence

wrote this wanted to sow doubt, but it feels more like a warning than

nodded. “You think

manipulations are sometimes so straightforward. This could be someone trying to warn you against a danger

all the pack members I trusted. Was one of them keeping

have to be on

has something to do with Alina, she’ll have eyes and ears everywhere, watching your every move. And if it has

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