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

Chapter 264

ROWAN

The creak in the floorboards outside my door had silenced, leaving only the resounding of Aurora’s words within my mind: “You need to figure out who you are outside of what you think others expect.”

I shut the door behind me, my breaths hard and fast, my mind reeling with anger and confusion, Aurora’s words tangling in my mind with frustration at never being good enough.

I slammed my fist against the desk, a sharp breath escaping my lips. “They’ll never see me for what I can be,” I muttered.

“Won’t they?” a smooth and unexpected voice asked.

I spun around, my pulse spiking. Alina stood there, leaning casually against the doorframe, her eyes sharp and assessing.

“How did you get in here?” I demanded, the irritation in my voice barely masking my unease.

She smirked, stepping further into the room. “You left the door unlocked. Not very careful for someone who’s been under so much scrutiny.”

I gave her a glacial stare, to which she paid no mind, her eyes wandering around the room in feigned curiosity. “Nice place. A

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little bare, though.”

my tone sharper

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help but notice

from you,” I said firmly, though my resolve wavered when her gaze locked on mine, steady and

so?” She challenged me. “Because from where I am. standing, you seem to have much

in neatening up

and sent a

you want to help me? You’ve done nothing but make

how they treat you. Like you’re expendable. Like

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I wanted to admit, and she stepped closer, her voice dropping to a near whisper.

a desperate wish to believe her and gnawing suspicion that she was out for her own reasons. “And

“Maybe I

rose again to meet mine. “You’ve been

the words stopped as she stepped even closer, the

heat through her

suppress.

she said, her mouth inches from

will broke, and before I might come to my