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

Chapter 262

AURORA

The roar of fire and stinging smell of smoke brought me abruptly awake.

Dane was up, tugging into his boots with speed and urgency.

“Stay here,” he said without looking round, the line of his mouth precluding further discussion of this.

I was hot on his heels in a matter of seconds, the chill of the night air biting through my thin robe.

The village square was ablaze with chaos as flames engulfed the western communal hall.

Wolves darted in every direction, some carrying buckets of water while others herded frightened pups and elders to safety.

Dane’s voice rose above the din, sharp and commanding.

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

I saw Piper and Warrick near the edge of the mayhem, directing a group of younger wolves to safety.

Piper’s voice was firm but calm, her hand to the shoulder of a shaking boy.

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Warrick, for once, seemed to follow her lead, without any trace of his usual banter.

“Keep moving!” Piper yelled, wheeling to Warrick. “We’ll come back to help once they’re safe.”

Warrick nodded, his face grim. “If they don’t hurry up, I’ll carry them all myself.”

Despite the urgency, their teamwork was smooth, and it brought a flicker of pride amid the chaos.

I edged closer to the flames, my heart pounding as I scanned the

area.

Trajan appeared beside me, his expression grim.

“Have you seen Rowan?” I asked, my voice tight.

Trajan shook his head. “Not yet. But if he’s anywhere near this, we’ll find him.”

A movement near the edge of the fire caught my eye.

My breath hitched as I saw Rowan standing there, his face. streaked with soot and his hands smeared with ash.

“Rowan!” I called out, moving toward him.

He froze, his eyes wide as if he had been caught doing something.

he shouldn’t.

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“Aurora,” he said, his voice hoarse. “I

“What are you doing here?” I asked, the tone sharper than I intended.

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Rowan glanced into the flames before looking back into my face. “I.. I was trying to help.”

word ‘help‘,

what? You should have been with the others, escorting the younglings

didn’t start this,” Rowan exclaimed quickly, defensiveness pitching his

say you did?” I replied with

silence spoke

out orders in the background, water hissing

could press the point further that a

I thought, emerging from the

measured with false sincerity.

always in the wrong

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“This isn’t

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sides.

this.”

help prove it,” I said, my voice low

here until we can sort

fire, the heat scaring my skin as I joined Dane and Trajan in the effort to extinguish

the time the fire was out, the community center was little. more than a blackened shell, the

final few flickers died,

embers.

in, grasped the object; my fingers

small

the restoration old pendant

the grove.

I looked at the stress, trying to work out the implications

beside me, frowning.

up for him to see; my

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we should’ve

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piece of my old pendant, the jagged edges. catching

my palm, as

crouched beside me, his hand firm

this here?” he

know,” I said, but my mind was racing alternatives and each one was

shouldn’t have been anywhere near the

even exist in pieces large enough to be found; it had shattered into fragments too small to be gathered when it

planted it here?” Dane’s tone was low but with

of suspicion in his eyes mirroring

stepped forward before he could

extensive. We’re

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rose, his face setting into

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who did this. No one leaves the

have some answers.”

falling to the fragment in my hand. “What’s

it up, my voice steady despite the turmoil

something that should’ve stayed

knit, but he didn’t push the issue. He turned

Dane.

was meant to be a distraction, we can’t afford to leave

And make sure everyone knows to report anything unusual, no

an unpleasant reminder of all that we had presumed to leave in

of wreckage left in the aftermath of the fire, while

that beam, Warrick,”

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