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.

“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 my hands on the

low enough

my jaw. “I am fine… I escaped but this ends

of uneasy eyes between council members preceded my uttering even a word, and I continued 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

eyes narrowed further. “Beg? I didn’t go to beg… I want to make sure

shot back. “This isn’t about not

danger.”

low but firm. “Enough. This isn’t helping.

scoffed. “There’s no unity

it’s because decisions are being

rose high and sharp as a blade.

so reckless, maybe we wouldn’t be

words. I could only stare at her as

wave. Every single muscle in my body protested the remains of the poison eating at my

on the door finally shocked

I growled, flopping

in apprehension. His gaze drifted down to the crumpled note in my hand, where it lingered as he

you bring this up before?

on.”

else would they know our weak