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 replied, my

to play, but sometimes, following your heart doesn’t mean you neglect your duties;

“This isn’t about me, Dane. The

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

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

breaking into smaller units, each to their appointed

even as they worked,

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the softening of her smile, and how her laughter could fill

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the younger wolves that spoke, nudging

it?” I asked,

out of the ordinary to report,” replied the

I replied, gesturing them onward. I

found himself moving

dirt as

of leaf to her nose and closed her eyes as she

gulped as I slowly stepped closer to her, lost as I watched her, “Busy as ever,” I said,

smile was warm but

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plants don’t tend to

and sat

For your advice. It helped more

hands and stood back onto her heels. “You have always known, Trajan. Sometimes you just need

leaned into some of the old manners and balanced her voice soft,

celebration of the lanterns season and some folks were

one of us lights a lantern then lets it go in the air to carry

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

be great. Something for the pack

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

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the sum continued to set, even lower now in the horizon, I made my