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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as we huddled on the outskirts of

silence, eyes open, and intercept if needed. Absolutely no risks that aren’t

flash of determination sparked in Piper’s eyes.

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

mill materializing before us, its shackle form silhouetted against

the tension

whispered. The words came out tight

anger.

orderly, each of us

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

to Trajan, and we moved

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dust. One lantern stood weakly, casting

slowly, and the team moved

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

shouted, a thread of frustration tracing its way into

certainty edged Alina’s laughter, breaking

jeered, and the metallic ring in her voice caromed off

brushed aside their ineffectual grip and melted out

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

narrowing as he read.

clear:

for me. Her arms folded, her

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went after her without telling me?” she

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

“Dane, I’m your mate. Your partner. You don’t get

thought I was protecting you,” I replied, but she was already shaking her

shutting me out?” she returned, her voice low

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

closer,

could just make a decision like that

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

Dane,” she snapped, her

not some fragile flower you have to shield. I’m your mate,

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in

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guilt dug deeper into my chest. “That’s not

doing what I’ve always done?

in mine, but