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

Chapter 262

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.”

hesitated at the word ‘help‘, and

been with the

start this,” Rowan exclaimed quickly, defensiveness

I say you did?” I replied

spoke volumes

in the background, water hissing

press the point further that a voice

thought, emerging from the

measured with false sincerity.

always in the wrong place

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isn’t the

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clenched at his sides. “I’m telling you, I didn’t

this.”

prove it,” I said, my voice low but firm.

until we

the fire, the heat scaring my skin as I joined Dane

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

few flickers died, I

embers.

in, grasped the object; my fingers closed over

small

restoration old pendant

the grove.

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

me, frowning. “What is

up for him to see;

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we should’ve

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at the broken piece of my old pendant,

my palm, as if it carried

crouched beside me, his hand firm

here?” he

don’t know,” I said, but my mind was racing alternatives and each one was

shouldn’t have been anywhere near

exist in pieces large enough to be found; it had shattered into

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

his eyes mirroring my own. “It’s possible. But why? To

before he could

is extensive. We’re just lucky it didn’t spread

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setting into

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this. No one

have some answers.”

to

up, my voice steady

something

he didn’t push the issue. He

Dane.

watch the borders. If this was meant to be

sure everyone knows to

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

to the communal hall: Wolves worked in flux, moving pieces of wreckage left in the aftermath of the fire, while Piper and Warrick were part of them teasing a facade

with that beam,

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to pull

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