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

her hands in her

their deceptions are brought out into the light. Create situations where she says one thing and then acts to

a foothold with some of the wolves. How do

a little. “By being better leaders.

your alliances, remind them of the pack’s values, and make clear that

face intent. “And Alina? How do

sparkled with

and she’ll hang herself. But be

turned to

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kind of gathering in celebration of the

“And it would give us an

will need to include everyone. It has to be all

often the most impressionable.

my jaw set. “Let’s do it. But we will

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

then, and the tension in the room

gear. Dane took to rallying the wolves for the gathering while I sat down with the pack leaders.

herself with energy into pounding the event into shape. “We’ll make this the best celebration this pack has ever seen,” she

it a pissing contest with Warrick,” I

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but she grinned. “No

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bled out into the world beyond

back in my office, there was a paper

paper: handwriting scattered, words scratched

wolf in sheep’s

and again, while no name was signed, as sure

right with this pack or, rather,

stared at the note, the meaning

together and my mind spun as

concealing their actual intentions, simply waiting for an

at the door startled me; instinctively I

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voice, within its gates of teeth, seemed

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

the note back out to her. “This was left on

said nothing immediately after, heavy silence as she

met my gaze. “The phrasing is deliberate. Whoever wrote this wanted to sow doubt, but it feels

nodded. “You think

could be someone trying to warn you against a danger you’ve overlooked.” A shiver ran down

the pack members I trusted.

have to be on

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

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