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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not know what you are driving at,” I replied, my rigid

here to play, but sometimes, following your heart doesn’t mean

isn’t about me, Dane. The

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

moved deliberately through the close forest as I barked instructions without reserve.

into smaller units, each to their

worked, my mind began

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smile, and how her

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the younger wolves that spoke, nudging my

I asked, showing my

finished the surveillance. Nothing out of the ordinary

onward. I pray

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

filled with dirt as she gently worked over

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

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

looked up, her smile was

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tend to themselves. Do you want

hesitated, and sat on

wanted to thank you. For your advice. It

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

and balanced her voice soft, but alive

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

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

revive it,” I said, catching myself off guard

with surprise, met mine, her smile spread. “That would be great. Something for the pack

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

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sum continued to set, even lower now in