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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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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plan,” I said as we huddled on

eyes open, and intercept if needed.

determination sparked in Piper’s eyes. “Let’s end

silence to the mill, each of us tuned into the night sounds of the forest. As we drew closer, Trajan threw up a hand, his

more cautiously still, the old mill materializing before us, its shackle form silhouetted

and the tension

here,” Piper whispered. The

anger.

orderly, each of us falling into place around the

sides, Trajan and I covered the back. We

Trajan, and we

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of the mill was dark, thick with dust. One lantern stood weakly, casting light on a figure near

said slowly, and the

that instant, Alina began to move in a calculated measure. In flashes, she darted

thread of

edged Alina’s laughter, breaking the spells that held us

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

aside their ineffectual grip and melted

from the building where she was standing, stepping out,

as he read.

clear: You’ll

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

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without telling me?” she demanded

did not want to worry you,” I said the excuse sounded

her eyes ablaze. “Dane, I’m your mate. Your partner. You

was protecting you,” I replied,

she returned, her

in her gaze. “Aurora, I wasn’t trying to shut you

me off, stepping closer, her arms crossing

could just make a decision like that all by yourself? Without me? Without

hair. “It wasn’t like that. I didn’t

wrong, Dane,” she snapped,

your mate, your partner. Do you know how that makes me feel? Like

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dug deeper into my chest. “That’s

from what?” she appealed in a breaking voice. “From doing what I’ve always done? Stand by your side? Do you

trying to catch her hands in mine, but she