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.

breathing fast. My gaze latched

remained defiant, his

Luna,” he said, his

silence like a blade. “But victory

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

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

limped to my side, his breathing labored but

you today, Orion. You

gaze flickered to Dane, a flicker

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

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

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

weapon tightened, though my

hesitated, unsure if ending him now would truly

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

the darkness with his retreating wolves, their footsteps fading deep