Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

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ALINA

“Pity”

There was something that I liked about Aurora that didn’t waste words on formalities when they might get in the way.

I was on my way to disturb her again the next day she was already in sight when I suddenly heard a sound.

Aurora’s head snapped toward the sound, her body moving instinctively before her mind could catch up.

“What’s happening?” she asked, already stepping away.

I followed, my pulse quickening as a faint orange glow lit up the

horizon.

The flicker of flames danced against the sky, and my mind raced

to make sense of it.

This wasn’t part of any plan. The devised chaos like this only worked when it was controlled.

I soon arrived at the village center, where wolves were by now struggling to put out the fire.

A big sack of hay near one of the store sheds had gone up in

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flame, lashing hungrily with their tongues of fire against the wooden structure.

“Get water!” Dane yelled above the noise of uproar, and his commanding appearance snapped the wolves into action.

In an instant, Aurora was at his side, her voice piercing the noise, sharp with instructions.

“Form a line from the well! Move, move!”

I hung to the edge of the chaos, watching the scene unfold.

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wasn’t huge, but it was enough to sow panic among the pack. The

to restrain the fire, and I slipped

were

had been left untouched by the fire suspiciously so I went to

cool and damp, smelling of earth

back corner where

covered in dust.

with a practiced hand

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of letters,

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light filtering through the cracks on the walls allowed

rough handwriting on the

scanned over words, my eyes narrowing to fit together fragments of

“Foolish boy,” I grumbled.

the most incriminating letters in my pocket, careful to touch nothing

place, as far as anybody who came into it would tell, would seem not to have been

I now had

fire was smothered, and the wolves,

Dane, her shoulders down but her voice soft as she soothed the

response,” she said, her

were tested, and

heads toward

response.

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began to disperse, Aurora’s eyes caught mine, and half of me expected her to

she didn’t; she turned her attention again to Dane as they spoke

slipped into the darkness once

commanded her pack, the way they looked to her for guidance.

to protect them, she would never

it

would make

of the murmuring crowd, the words

this

assured, we’ll find how it came about and make certain that

beside her, his hand on her shoulder,