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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said as we huddled on the outskirts of the

open, and intercept if needed. Absolutely no

in

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

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

and the tension

whispered. The words came

anger.

went down smooth, orderly, each of us falling into place around the

back. We waited, listening. The only sounds were the sporadic rustling

Trajan, and we moved

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

I said slowly, and the

measure. In flashes, she darted in between the beams, disappearing into the

thread of frustration tracing

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

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

aside their ineffectual grip and melted out into

could stumble from the building where she was standing, stepping

up, his eyes narrowing as he read. “Another clue,” he growled,

message was clear: You’ll

Aurora was waiting for me. Her arms

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after her without

said the excuse sounded like

closer, her eyes ablaze. “Dane, I’m your mate. Your partner. You don’t get to make decisions like this

I was protecting you,” I replied, but

out?” she returned,

the edge in her voice, the fire in her gaze. “Aurora, I wasn’t trying

cut me off, stepping closer, her arms crossing tightly over

decision like that

sigh and ran my hand through my hair. “It wasn’t like that. I didn’t want to put you in danger

Dane,” she snapped,

your mate, your partner. Do you know how that makes

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

in a breaking voice. “From doing what I’ve always done?

mine, but she drew back unforgivingly. “Aurora, of course, I do