Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 254

DANE

The weight of Piper’s findings settled heavy upon me as I stood in the meeting room, staring at the hastily scribbled letters spread across the table.

Weirdly, perhaps, but enough to condemn Alina. Piper sat opposite me, crossing her arms, while Warrick had leaned against the wall, eyes with a sharp alert and unyielding.

“This is good,” I said, my voice neutral, but my gut churning with a bubbling cauldron of tension.

“We can’t just let this meeting at the mill go down without us intercepting it.”

“I’m in,” Warrick said immediately, pushing off the wall.

Piper cut him a sharp glance. “We need subtlety, not you and your bull in a china shop vibe.”

“I can be gentle,” Warrick protested, though his tugging lips gave away how much confidence was really behind his words.

“Enough,” I said, raising a hand. “This has to be quiet. A small team, nothing to raise suspicion.”

In no time, I was working my way through the packhouse,

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choosing out wolves I knew I could count on for the job.

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First I sought out Trajan, who sat in his corner of the hall poring over maps of patrol routes.

“We need to talk,” I said, and he looked up, curiosity flickering

in his eyes.

“What’s going on?”

I laid it out gently, catching the shadow across his face. “You can count on me,” he said right off. “But this… it’s risky, Dane. If it goes wrong

“It won’t,” I cut him off. “We don’t have a choice.”

Finally, I went to Joclyn. She listened intently, a look of concern furrowing her brow. “I don’t like it,” she said. “But I see the necessity. Just… be careful.”

Not everyone was quite comfortable. I brought it up with Leif, who shook his head hard.

“This feels like a trap in itself,” he said. “We don’t have enough information to move on.”

“We don’t have the time to wait,” I insisted, but he didn’t look convinced.

By the time we assembled the team Trajan, Piper, Warrick, and a few trusted wolves the weight of our endeavor weighed heavier

upon me.

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to the plan,” I said as we huddled on

silence, eyes open, and intercept if needed. Absolutely no risks that

in Piper’s

the mill, each of us tuned into the night sounds of the forest. As

mill materializing before us, its shackle form silhouetted against the moonlit sky the perfect setting one of Alina’s schemes

the tension in the group coiled

here,” Piper whispered. The words came out

anger.

down smooth, orderly, each of us falling into place

I covered the back. We waited,

to Trajan, and we moved

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mill was dark, thick with dust. One lantern stood weakly, casting light

I said slowly, and the

in a calculated measure. In flashes, she darted in

of frustration

edged Alina’s laughter, breaking the spells that held

she jeered, and the metallic ring in her voice caromed off

aside their ineffectual grip and

the building where she

he read. “Another clue,” he

was clear:

at the packhouse, Aurora was waiting for me. Her arms folded, her expression a combination of anger and

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her without telling

to worry you,” I said the

your mate. Your partner. You don’t get to make

replied,

me or shutting me out?” she returned, her voice

in her voice, the fire in her gaze. “Aurora, I wasn’t trying to shut you out.

cut me off, stepping closer, her arms crossing tightly

decision like that all by

ran my hand through my hair. “It wasn’t like that. I didn’t

wrong, Dane,” she snapped, her

mate, your partner. Do you know how that

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the root of guilt dug deeper into my chest. “That’s not what I

what I’ve always done?

step closer, trying to catch her hands in mine,