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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are driving at,” I

play, but sometimes, following your heart doesn’t mean you neglect your duties; it may just make you

isn’t about me,

pack is better served when its leadership is whole,” Dane

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

squad nodded as one, breaking into smaller units,

they worked, my mind

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softening of her smile, and how her laughter could fill in even the most negligible

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younger wolves

I asked, showing

the surveillance. Nothing out of the ordinary

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

that day, as the pack fell into their routines, I found himself moving toward the

in the dirt, her hands filled with dirt as she gently worked over

her nose and closed her eyes as she sniffed. Her beauty is out of this world. Joclyn, she looked like a forbidden fruit… a

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

smile was warm but

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tend to themselves. Do

hesitated, and sat

you. For your advice.

and stood back onto her heels. “You have always known, Trajan. Sometimes you just need someone. else to remind

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

the lanterns season and some folks were already engaging in it, the light

us lights a lantern then

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

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 on the floating

watched her leave, her ash–colored dress flowing on the grass behind

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