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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you are driving at,” I

your heart doesn’t mean you neglect your duties; it may just make you all the

jaw clenched. “This isn’t about me, Dane. The

is whole,”

I barked instructions without reserve. “Check the northern perimeter well. No

into

as they worked, my mind began

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softening of her smile, and how her laughter could

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younger wolves that spoke, nudging my

I

out of the ordinary to report,” replied

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

found himself moving toward the gardens. There, in between rows of herbs

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

waving in the wind, she took a piece of leaf to her nose and closed her eyes as she sniffed. Her beauty is out of this

as I slowly stepped closer to her, lost as I watched her, “Busy as ever,” I said, I sounded softer than

smile was

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tend to themselves. Do

sat on a

you. For your advice. It helped

her heels. “You have always known, Trajan. Sometimes you just

and balanced

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

said. “Every one of us lights a lantern then lets it go in the air to carry all lost hopes and wishes

should revive it,” I said, catching myself off guard with the

great. Something for the pack to see.” She carried her basket of herbs and

ash–colored dress flowing on the grass behind her. From my perspective, she looked

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continued to set, even lower now in the