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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plan,” I said as we huddled

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

sparked in Piper’s

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

moved more cautiously still, the old mill materializing before us, its shackle form silhouetted against the moonlit sky the perfect

danced across the entrance, and the tension

whispered. The

anger.

went down smooth, orderly, each of

and Piper took the sides, Trajan and I covered the back. We waited, listening. The

to Trajan, and

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

her,” I said slowly, and the

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

Piper shouted, a thread of frustration tracing its

Alina’s laughter, breaking the spells that

me?” she jeered, and the metallic ring in

aside their ineffectual grip and melted out into

battle practice could stumble from the building where she was

his eyes narrowing as he read. “Another clue,” he growled, passing it to

message was clear: You’ll never find

waiting for me. Her arms folded, her

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after her without

did not want to worry you,” I said the excuse sounded like a thin one, even

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

protecting you,” I replied, but

she returned, her voice

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

me off, stepping closer,

like that all by yourself? Without

a sigh and ran my hand through my hair. “It wasn’t

thought wrong, Dane,” she

some fragile flower you have to shield. I’m your mate, your partner. Do

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afterthought in your

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dug deeper into my chest. “That’s not what I wanted. I was trying to protect

what?” she appealed in a breaking voice. “From doing what I’ve always done? Stand

in mine, but she drew back unforgivingly.