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.”

want, Alina?” I asked, my tone

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but notice how tense you were during

you,” I said firmly, though my

seem to have much on your mind. And not very many people

jabbed, and I turned back, pretending an interest in neatening up my stack of

her throat, a sound that set my teeth on edge. and sent a shiver down my

on her. “Why would you want to help me? You’ve done nothing but

seen how they treat

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came a little harder than I wanted to admit, and she stepped closer, her voice dropping to a near whisper. “You deserve

gnawing suspicion that she was out for her own

“Maybe I see what no one else does. Not

“You’ve been carrying so much on your shoulders. Don’t you think it’s time someone took

words stopped as she stepped even closer, the scent of

sending a wave of heat through her

suppress.

this,” she said, her mouth

I might come to my