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

Chapter 343

I turned to Dane as I shook my head, “No… Dane is nothing like you… I know him.”

“You…” Orion growled as he tried to lift his sword, he fell to his knees instead, in front of me.”

I lifted my weapon as I aimed for his neck, my hands trembling. Was I capable of delivering the finishing blow?

“Do it!” Dane said to me from beside. “End this now!”

My grip tightened, my mind racing. In his eyes, I saw defiance, but a flicker of something else too–pride, arrogance–which sent a shiver through me.

“You don’t deserve mercy,” I breathed.

“And yet you hesitate,” Orion replied, curling his lips into a grim. smile.

The only sounds that reached our ears were the remnants of Orion’s forces fleeing desperately into the forest in scattered

retreats.

my weapon and started breathing fast. My gaze latched onto and hurried after his

his side, but he remained defiant, his piercing gaze meeting mine with

think you’ve won, Luna,” he

a blade.

“Your men are running, Orion. That

low and mocking. “Running? No, this is a tactical withdrawal. Unlike you, I understand

my side, his

commanding. “We outsmarted you today, Orion. You underestimated

to Dane, a flicker of disgust

to see you standing. But then again, it’s always the

“This ends here, Orion. Walk

smile deepening. “You don’t have the stomach for this, do you? That’s your weakness, Luna. You hesitate, you negotiate, you beg. It’s why you’ll always lose in

though my feet seemed nailed to

I hesitated, unsure if ending him now

my voice steady despite the storm within me. “And tell your

gritted his teeth and got up as he ran into the darkness with his retreating wolves, their footsteps fading deep into