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

Chapter 337

Sharp and relentless, the pain jolted me from sleep in the dead of night, as if my body was being ripped apart from within. The poison still burned through my veins, defying the partial relief the physicians‘ cure had provided. She was the first to come into my mind, Aurora.

I struggled to sit up, every movement sending shocks of agony through my limbs. A knock at the door pulled me from my thoughts. It was Trajan, his face grim.

“She went to Orion’s pack,” he said baldly, the words slicing through the fog in my brain.

I froze, anger sparking deep inside me even through the haze of my weakness. “She went alone?”

“She didn’t want you to worry,” Trajan said, but there was no comfort in his voice.

“That’s not her call to make,” I growled, struggling to my feet. “This is about our pack, our survival. And she’s making decisions without me?”

Trajan set a steadying hand on my shoulder. “You’re not strong enough to face this yet. She’s trying to protect you.”

I flung him off, the pain little more than a sting against my surging anger. “Protect me? By leaving me in the dark? No,

I shoved him aside and disregarded his protests as I staggered to the chamber of the council. A place that pretended a great omen of murmuring with tension when finally I reached there, wolves whispered amongst themselves, their eyes full of doubts.

The murmurs died off as I came in. Piper and Warrick were at the back; their faces a turmoil. Aurora stepped in immediately as I did, her eyes wide with surprise.

“You shouldn’t be here,” she began, her body a step closer to mine.

I returned, hoarse but resolute. “You went to Orion without me. What for?” I ran my eyes over her, and they lingered on her body; I noticed a bruise on her arm. I stepped closer with

you?” I whispered, my voice low enough for only

my jaw. “I am fine… I

onward, “We are wasting our time negotiating. Orion doesn’t want peace; he wants to dominate. We should have struck first and shown him the strength of this pack instead of begging

didn’t go to beg… I want to make sure there is no

back. “This isn’t

danger.”

between us, his voice low but firm. “Enough. This isn’t helping. We need unity, not

unity in

divided, it’s because decisions are being

high and sharp as a blade. “And if

reckless, maybe we wouldn’t be in this position in

silent, heavy with her words. I could only stare at her as frustration and

I entered my quarters, the exhaustion hit me like a wave. Every single

the door finally shocked me from my thoughts. “Dane?”

growled, flopping hard

in my hand, where it lingered as he nodded. “There is a spy in this pack… I’ve suspected for a while

eyebrow at him. “Why didn’t you bring this up before? A spy in the pack? That’s not something

on.”

would they know our weak