Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

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TRAJAN

By the tree side, Piper and Warrick said nothing but stood in the air thick with tension, claw marks on the tree that neither was able to shake off, as Warrick leaned over to whisper into Piper’s

ear,

“Someone’s been here recently.”

Cold and cool, that early morning, the smell of dew on earth, like a ghost from its folds moved.

I stood at the edge of the forest, the toes of my booted feet in the dampening earth, and gave little heed to the soft tints of rose and gold across the sky.

I leaned against a tree, staring into the woods, lost in my own thoughts.

Last night’s laughter from Joclyn echoed in my mind, a sound that stirred something in me, I wasn’t ready to name. I ran my hand through my hair and sighed

“Focus, Trajan. You’ve got a patrol to lead.”

The crunch of dry leaves snapped me back into the real world.

Coming out from behind the trees with my casual stance, I was

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straining my eyes, catching every movement.

“You haven’t said a word lately,” Dane mentioned. Curiosity

sounded in his tone.

I shrugged my shoulders, “Just trying to keep everything running right on schedule. It’s always all about the pack.”

Dane tilted his head into an angle and viewed me. “Responsibilities or something else?

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know what you are driving at,”

sometimes, following your heart doesn’t

isn’t about

better served when its leadership is whole,”

deliberately through the close forest as I barked instructions without reserve. “Check the northern perimeter well.

squad nodded as one, breaking into smaller units, each to their appointed

worked, my

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her smile, and how

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younger wolves that spoke,

I asked, showing my

of the ordinary to

moving,” I replied, gesturing them onward. I pray they don’t notice my

I found himself moving toward the gardens. There, in

the dirt, her hands filled with dirt as she gently worked over some piece of

leaf to her nose and closed her eyes as she sniffed. Her beauty is out of this world. Joclyn, she

I watched her, “Busy as ever,” I said, I sounded softer than I

smile was warm

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to themselves.

and sat on a nearby

For your advice. It helped

heels. “You have always known, Trajan. Sometimes you just need someone. else to remind

into some of the old manners and balanced

almost the celebration of the lanterns season and some folks were already engaging in it, the light within

nice,” she said. “Every one of us lights a lantern then lets it go in the air

we should revive it,” I said, catching myself off guard

alight with surprise, met mine, her smile spread. “That would be great. Something for the pack to see.” She carried her basket of herbs and walked away, her eyes

flowing on the grass

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even lower now in the