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.”

‘help‘, and

have been with the others,

didn’t start this,” Rowan exclaimed quickly,

I say you did?” I replied with narrowed

spoke volumes

in the background,

I could press the point further that

I thought, emerging from the darkness,

measured with false sincerity.

wrong place at

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“This isn’t the time

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sides. “I’m telling you, I

this.”

said, my

until we can sort

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

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

died, I saw something

embers.

grasped the object; my fingers closed over still warm

small broken fragment of

restoration

the grove.

seemed to clench as I looked at the stress, trying to

me, frowning. “What is

held it up for him to see; my voice was barely a

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piece of my old pendant, the jagged edges. catching the

palm, as if it carried more

his hand firm on

he growled,

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

have been

shouldn’t even exist in pieces large enough to be found; it had shattered

planted it here?” Dane’s tone was low

his eyes mirroring my own. “It’s possible.

could respond. His

fire’s out, but the damage is extensive. We’re just lucky it didn’t spread

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rose, his face setting into a

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find out who did this. No one leaves

have some answers.”

to the fragment in my

up, my voice steady despite the turmoil within

piece of something that

knit, but he didn’t push the

Dane.

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

And make sure everyone knows to report anything unusual, no

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

of wreckage left in the aftermath of the fire, while Piper and Warrick

with that beam, Warrick,” Piper teased.

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