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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at,” I replied, my

shrugged knowledgeably. “Look, I am not here to play, but sometimes, following your heart doesn’t mean

clenched. “This isn’t

its leadership is whole,”

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

nodded as one, breaking into smaller units, each

even as they worked, my

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softening of her smile, and how

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was one of the younger

is it?” I

finished the surveillance. Nothing out of the

gesturing them onward. I pray they don’t

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

dirt as she gently worked

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

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

up, her smile was warm

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don’t tend to themselves.

hesitated, and sat

to thank you. For your advice. It helped

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

the old manners and balanced

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

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

I said, catching myself off guard with

would be great. Something for the pack

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

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set, even lower now in