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 ran my eyes over her, and they lingered on

I whispered, my voice low enough for

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

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.

to beg… I want to make

“This isn’t about not

danger.”

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

unity in keeping the

we’re divided, it’s because decisions

sharp as a blade. “And if

wouldn’t be in this position

heavy with her words. I could only stare at her as frustration and guilt rivaled in

like a wave. Every single muscle in my body protested the remains of the

on the door finally shocked me from my thoughts.

flopping hard onto

the crumpled note in my hand, where

him. “Why didn’t you bring this up before?

on.”

they know