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.

weapon and started breathing fast. My gaze latched onto and hurried

he remained defiant, his piercing gaze meeting mine with unwavering

Luna,” he

like a blade. “But victory

my muscles tense. “Your men are running, Orion. That

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

to my side, his breathing labored but

outsmarted you today, Orion. You

gaze flickered to Dane, a flicker of disgust

standing. But

I snapped, my voice hard. “This ends here, Orion. Walk away and

deepening. “You don’t have the stomach for this, do you? That’s your weakness, Luna. You hesitate, you negotiate,

tightened, though

right, actually. I hesitated, unsure

steady despite the storm within me. “And tell your pack this is the

the darkness with his retreating wolves, their footsteps fading