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.

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

dripped steadily from the wound on his side, but he remained defiant, his

won, Luna,” he said,

blade. “But victory is

muscles tense. “Your men are running, Orion. That doesn’t look

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

my side, his

commanding. “We outsmarted you

Dane, a flicker of

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

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

the side, his 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

on my weapon tightened, though my feet seemed nailed

I hesitated, unsure if ending him now would truly

steady despite the storm within me. “And tell your pack this is the last time you’ll

his teeth and got up as he ran into the darkness with his