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

Chapter 269

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Alina’s final words before exile, “This isn’t over,” seemed to be that constant hum of cold, creeping fog lying low over the pack.

I leaned against the railing of the packhouse, observing the wolves moving on through the day with weighed down shoulders, as tension hung on with the passing of weeks.

Warrick moved beside me and gave my shoulder a gentle bump.

“You’ve been quiet,” he said, his voice softer than usual.

“I’m just… thinking,” I replied, my eyes drifting to the training grounds where Rowan was hauling supplies.

Rowan who had once been so proud, so eager to prove himself now moved with a little energy, his gaze rarely rising from the ground.

The fact was that it felt odd to see him this way. The Rowan I knew was impulsive, sometimes foolish, but not this weak and shy.

He’s trying, Warrick said, catching my gaze. It might take some time, but he’ll find his place again.

I nodded, but my attention stayed with him as Rowan paused,

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his head bowing briefly. Something in the way that he moved. tightened my chest.

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I made my way to the training grounds much later in the afternoon. He was alone, his hands dirty, shoulders hunched. as if he carried some invisible weight. I hid behind a tree a bit ashamed of myself and yet unable to take my eyes off him.

Then I saw her. Alina stood near the edge of the woods.

My breath caught as Rowan looked up, his face a mixture of surprise and confusion. They spoke in hushed tones, too low for me to hear, but their body language told me enough.

Alina was making movement with her hands animatedly, her hands slicing through the air as she leaned toward him.

she set at hand on his arm, her voice

doing?” Warrick’s voice startled me and I jumped out

I hissed, pulling him behind the

brow furrowing. “Is that. Alina? What’s she doing here?

to

Rowan finally nodded, defeated, his shoulders sagging. Alina smiled smugly; a

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think that was

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twisting.

in Aurora’s quarters; Aurora and Dane sat across

seen.

bubbling in my voice. “Even after everything, he’s still listening to

sighed, running a hand through her hair. “Rowan’s trying to find his place, but Alina’s manipulation runs

about Rowan anymore. If

do we

with interrogating Rowan,” Aurora insisted. “If something is up, he’ll slip it out for

begun to come into an unsettling quiet when

in abruptly before anyone reached the door or

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suddenly, a scout girl stumbled right in, running her chest heavily and her face pale just as if it

eyes narrowing. “What is it, Cassia?

the eastern border,” Cassia stammered,

widened. “A cloaked figure?

“I saw it myself. They were moving fast, but not trying to hide. Almost like they

tone was silky, but granite

half a mile. They were headed right for the village,” Cassia said, her

his arms over his chest, his expression

can you be so sure? She is bold, but to actually risk

just her style. She