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

leaned forward, placing her

deceptions are brought out into the light. Create situations where she says one thing and then acts to the contrary. Talk about pack harmony

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

“By being better

first place. Strengthen your alliances, remind them of the pack’s

face intent. “And Alina? How do

sparkled with

herself. But be patient. Truth has a way

discussion turned to

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of gathering

them what we have created together,” he said. “And it would give us an opportunity to keep a close eye

will need to include everyone. It has to

wolves, they’re often the most impressionable.

words struck a chord, and my jaw set. “Let’s do it. But we will have to

lips hitched into a small smile. “Careful not

the tension in

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

shape. “We’ll make this

it a pissing contest with Warrick,” I

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but she grinned. “No

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wore on, the pack dynamic shifted and that bled out into the world beyond the

night, back in my office, there

unfolded the paper: handwriting scattered, words scratched off

wolf in

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

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

stared at the note, the

and my mind spun as different pieces of

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

me; instinctively I

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its gates of teeth, seemed to issue the word as if from a

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

extending the note back out to her. “This

said nothing

deliberate. Whoever wrote this wanted to

“You

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

all the pack members I trusted. Was one of

shall have to be on our guard,”

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

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