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?”

how do

leaned forward, placing her hands in her

They fall behind, however, when their deceptions are brought out into the light. Create situations where she says one thing

“She’s already got a foothold with some of the wolves. How do we

a little. “By being better

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

do we deal with her without

sparkled with

be patient. Truth

on, our discussion turned to

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

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

to include everyone. It has to be all of us

don’t forget the younger wolves, they’re often the most

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

“Careful not my strong suit,

tension in

the plan was in full gear. Dane took to rallying the wolves for the gathering while I sat down

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

a pissing contest with Warrick,” I

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colored, but she

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wore on, the pack dynamic shifted and that bled out

there was a paper folded on my

the paper: handwriting scattered, words scratched

wolf

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

with this pack or,

the meaning weighing in

and my mind spun as different pieces of recent events

wolf concealing their actual

I

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teeth, seemed to issue the

razor edge. “You look

back out to

She said nothing

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

“You think

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

whispered, thinking of all the pack members I trusted.

to be

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

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