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

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

Luna,” he said, his voice low but

a blade. “But victory is an

tense. “Your men are running,

this is a tactical withdrawal. Unlike you, I understand the long game. And trust me, this game

limped to my side, his breathing labored

you today, Orion. You

a flicker of disgust crossing

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

“This ends here, Orion. Walk

side, his smile deepening. “You don’t have the stomach for this, do you? That’s your

weapon tightened, though my feet

I hesitated, unsure if ending him now would truly

the storm within me. “And

into the darkness with his retreating wolves, their footsteps fading deep