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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driving at,” I replied, my rigid tone

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

clenched. “This isn’t about me, Dane.

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

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

one, breaking into smaller units, each to

as they worked, my mind

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

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the younger wolves that spoke,

it?” I asked, showing my

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

I replied, gesturing them onward. I pray they don’t

the pack fell into their routines, I found himself moving toward the gardens. There, in between rows of herbs and flowers

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

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

as I watched her,

looked up, her smile was

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don’t tend to

sat

thank you. For your advice. It helped more than

stood back onto her heels. “You have always

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

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

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

revive it,” I said, catching myself

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

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

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set, even lower now in the horizon, I made