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

forward, placing her hands in

brought out into 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 of

a foothold with some

smiled a little. “By being

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

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

sparkled with

herself. But be patient. Truth has a way of revealing its

on, our discussion turned to rebuilding trust within

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some kind of gathering in celebration of the pack’s

would give us an opportunity to keep a

include everyone. It has

often

jaw set. “Let’s do it. But we will

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

and the tension in the room

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

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

make it a pissing contest with Warrick,” I

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cheeks colored, but she grinned.

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that bled out into the world beyond the edges, like finally they were

office, there was

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

wolf in sheep’s

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

all right with this pack or, rather, with something entirely

note, the meaning weighing in

together and my mind spun as

their

rap at the door startled me; instinctively I

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the voice, within its gates of teeth, seemed to issue the word as if

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

the note back out to her. “This was left

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

phrasing is deliberate. Whoever wrote this wanted

nodded. “You

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

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

have to be on

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

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