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.”

room fell into a

do it? You tell me,” she said at

necessary,” I replied.

about your pride, your refusal to

down. “And if I hadn’t?

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

again, and in my

time concerning the pack, without ever

the anger slipped away, like armor she no longer needed, something softer, a little vulnerable

“I did until now, and

words hurt more than any blow I had taken on a battlefield. The resulting

my voice low. “I’ll do

but turned toward

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

shrill scream rent the air, a sound full of fury and

upright, wincing as my still recovering body protested the sudden

swinging

burst into the room, her face contorted in anger and

loud in her

my feet, ignoring the throb in

arms over her chest. “You are in no condition to handle anything right

gave her glare for glare, straight back. “This

out, another scream echoing throughout the