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

Chapter 344

I stumbled into my quarters after the battle, my body aching, my mind spinning. The weight of the fight still weakened me, the poison strongly coursing through my veins, and the knowledge of what I had done all churned in my chest. The creaking open of the door behind me didn’t require me to look; her presence would not be denied.

She said nothing for a while then, only pressed closer to me, quietly, hands firm yet sure, pressing a cold compress against my forehead. The touch was soothing, but her voice wasn’t.

“How did you manage to recover so fast?” she asked, the tone kind of accusing, with each word speaking of suspicion. I didn’t answer right away; my eyes stared into the wall. “I managed,” I muttered.

“Managed?” she repeated, the pitch rising. “You were knocking on death’s door, so weak, and then you’re wrestling with us like nothing happened. Quit playing stupid with me.”

Her eyes nailed mine without a quarter. I exhaled; I couldn’t evade her questions much longer.

“There was someone,” I began to say, the words bitter in my mouth. “Kaida.”

Her hands stilled, the cloth still pressed to my skin. “What about her?”

“I made a deal,” I said, the weight of it all too heavy to bear. “She had the antidote. She offered to save me, but the price.”

Her eyes narrowed, her voice very low. “What price?” she looked up at me as if to scream ‘No, you didn’t!!‘

“She wanted a child,” I forced myself to say. “And a promise that one day, she’d become Luna.” Her hand fell, the cloth falling to the floor with a wet thud. “You agreed to that?” she hissed, her voice trembling with anger and disbelief.

“I didn’t have a choice!” I snarled, pushing myself to a sitting position despite the hurt. “I was dying, and the pack needed me. I did what I had to do.”

“And did you?” she let her voice trail off, not finishing the question, as her eyes trailed my body.

I gritted my teeth. “No. I lied to her. I got her to give me the antidote first, then bound her up before she had the chance to make me uphold my end of the bargain… I and a few warriors. brought her to the cell… another reason we had the upper hand in the battle.”

into a tight silence, her

lie to her, or did you truly do it? You

necessary,” I

eyes afire, “This was about your pride, your refusal to listen to anyone

to cut deep. I refused to back down. “And if I hadn’t? I’d be dead, and you’d

“No more. secrets, no more reckless decisions, no more placing yourself

fired again, and in my chest,

concerning the pack, without ever so much as asking for my

away, like armor

did until now,

hurt more than any blow I had taken on a

I said, my voice low. “I’ll

say anything but

went, “You better mean that,” leaving me alone with

silent; then Kaida’s shrill scream rent the air,

my still recovering body protested the sudden movement. Another scream followed, this

the hell is going on?” I muttered, swinging

contorted in

loud in

to my feet, ignoring the throb in my chest. “I can handle

arms over her chest. “You are

gave her glare for glare, straight back. “This

second from an all–out fight breaking out, another scream echoing throughout the packhouse was quickly followed by