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

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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.”

he hesitated at the word ‘help‘, and unease roiled in

You should have been with the others, escorting the

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

did?” I replied

spoke

background, water hissing where it hit the base of the

before I could press the point further that

weird,” I thought, emerging from the

measured with false sincerity.

Rowan’s always in the wrong place at

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“This isn’t the time

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were clenched at his sides. “I’m telling

this.”

I said, my voice low but firm.

we can

I turned back to the fire, the heat scaring my skin as I joined Dane and

the fire was out, the community center was little. more than a blackened shell, the air thick with

few flickers died, I saw

embers.

the object; my

a small

restoration old pendant

the grove.

heart seemed to clench as I looked at the stress, trying to work out

Dane was beside me, frowning. “What

for him to

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my old pendant, the jagged edges. catching the

of it settled heavily in my palm, as if it carried

me, his hand firm

this here?” he

was racing alternatives

been anywhere near the

large enough to be found; it

tone was low

held his gaze, that flicker of suspicion in his eyes mirroring my own. “It’s

he could

but the damage is extensive. We’re just lucky it didn’t spread to the other

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setting into

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this.

have some answers.”

then paused, his eyes falling to the

held it up, my voice steady

of something that

knit, but he didn’t push the

Dane.

the borders. If this was meant to be a distraction,

make sure everyone knows

tucked the fragment into my pocket, its presence an unpleasant reminder of all that we had presumed to leave in our wake, as Trajan shifted

in flux, moving pieces of wreckage left in the aftermath of the fire, while Piper and Warrick were part of them teasing a facade over somber–faced

beam,

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you to