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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do not know what you are driving at,” I replied, my rigid tone becoming more

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

“This isn’t

served when its leadership is whole,” Dane ventured, his firm tone soft. “Just something to

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

as one, breaking into smaller units, each

as they worked,

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the quiet strength in her, the softening of her smile, and how her laughter could fill in even

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was one of the younger wolves that spoke, nudging my

is it?” I asked, showing my

the surveillance. Nothing out of the ordinary to report,” replied

them onward.

into their routines, I found himself moving toward the

dirt as

closed her eyes as she sniffed. Her beauty is out of this world. Joclyn, she looked like

closer to her, lost as I watched her, “Busy as ever,”

up, her smile was

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plants don’t tend to themselves.

sat on a

your advice. It helped more

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

the old manners and balanced her voice soft, but alive with

lanterns season and some folks

lights a lantern then lets it go in the

I said, catching myself

her smile spread. “That would be great. Something for the pack to

flowing on the grass behind her.

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now in the horizon, I