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 the outskirts of

intercept if needed. Absolutely no risks that aren’t

of determination sparked in Piper’s

forest. As we drew

shackle form silhouetted against the moonlit sky

entrance, and the tension in the group coiled a

Piper whispered. The words came out tight

anger.

orderly, each of us falling into

the back.

to Trajan, and we moved

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

slowly,

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

a thread of frustration tracing its way into her

Alina’s laughter, breaking the spells

and the metallic ring in her voice

aside their ineffectual grip and melted out into

vanished before a man in battle practice could stumble from the building where she was standing, stepping

up, his eyes narrowing as he read. “Another

was clear: You’ll

was waiting for me. Her arms folded, her expression a combination of anger

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went after her without telling me?” she demanded

you,” I said the excuse sounded like a thin one,

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

protecting you,” I replied,

me out?” she

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

thought?” she cut me off, stepping closer, her

just make a decision like that all by yourself?

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

Dane,” she snapped, her

mate, your partner. Do you know

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in your

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

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

closer, trying to catch her hands in mine, but she drew back unforgivingly. “Aurora, of course, I do